Is it illegal for Facebook to...?

[NewImprovedMe]

I had a Facebook account that was a few years old, it got hacked by an ex, and he changed all of the passwords and security questions. Now, I'm trying to get them to let me into my account so that I can save all of the pictures from my old profile and put them on my new one, because some of the pictures, those are the only copies I have. They told me that I have to send them a copy of my government issued/state ID so that they can go through my pictures and make sure that it's the right person. Is this illegal? I told them that I refuse to send it to them because I'm uncomfortable with that, but they won't give me another option. Any suggestions?
lol, I am growing to dislike this country more and more everyday. Am I the only one who thinks things are bad enough that we need a revolution? *sorry to get off topic* lol
potentially creepy--as soon as I posted this I got a "You have pending notifications" e-mail from FB in my e-mail...very subtle. lol