WWII vet discovers he’s not a U.S. citizen

[Matt1970]

Surely Obama would just tell him to show his birth certificate.

 

[Zargon]

LOL

 

[sactoking]

He's actually an Al-Qaida agent that came across the border from Canada. He was recruited back in the '40s in what was then a prescient move by the enemies of America. He's been laying dormant all these years until he has attained such an age as the average American views him as a "harmless old man", at which time he shall unleash his fury!

At least, that's probably what DHS would want us to believe.

 

[RabidMongoose]

That's a horrible discovery. Imagine thinking that you were American and then all of a sudden finding out that you were actually of Canadian citizenship. I wonder if developed the Canadian Inferiority Complex at the very moment that he discovered that he was Canadian...

 

[Thump553]

Nobody but me wonders what a 95 y.o. is doing with a driver's license? God bless him though if he is healthy enough to travel to visit relatives at that age.

As mentioned above, this is an internet tempest in a teapot. His senator's office will get it resolved quickly. There must be some sort (great)grandfather clause they can implement to waive the paperwork.

 

[TheSlamma]

The liberals have already won,... now their agents of mass destruction have revealed to have been in our military for all these years...

We have lost.

Well you conservatives had your chance during the inquisition, the holocaust and the dark ages now the libs get theirs. Maybe one day the few of us moderates will get ours.

 

[Throckmorton]

Seems to me that he's a citizen, but the right paperwork just wasn't filed.

 

[werepossum]

Nobody but me wonders what a 95 y.o. is doing with a driver's license? God bless him though if he is healthy enough to travel to visit relatives at that age.

As mentioned above, this is an internet tempest in a teapot. His senator's office will get it resolved quickly. There must be some sort (great)grandfather clause they can implement to waive the paperwork.

I wondered about that too, but my grandfather drove until his death at age 96. He also lived by himself, fed his cattle, and until the week of his death had never spent a night in hospital.

 

[CanOWorms]

Difference being, that his parents were American citizens, and his legal status is simply due to a lack of proper paperwork in *1916*.

Since you want to apply the same standards, I'm fine with that. Parents legal US citizens? Child gets citizenship. Parents not legal US citizens? Child doesn't get citizenship. Resident alien? Sure. Citizen? No.

Yes, there are many differences. For example, he was illegal in this country for almost 100 years, yet many of these children have been illegal for just 10 years or so. Both of their parents made mistakes that should not deny citizenship upon the children when those children have lived here for most of their lives.

 

[PieIsAwesome]

ILLEGAL means ILLEGAL. Back to Canuckistan with this criminal!

This. Especially making ILLEGAL in caps.

ILLEGAL!

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

Surely Obama would just tell him to show his birth certificate.

LOL,
The truth is, if Obama doesn't have to show his actual birth certificate, why should this guy? Just have some records clerk somewhere say, yup I saw it. That's good enough nowdays it seems.

 

[Matt1970]

LOL,
The truth is, if Obama doesn't have to show his actual birth certificate, why should this guy? Just have some records clerk somewhere say, yup I saw it. That's good enough nowdays it seems.

We all have to show our birth certificates all the time. Obama for Transparency.

 

[silverpig]

Shoulda built that border wall up here 100 years ago

 

[Thump553]

We all have to show our birth certificates all the time. Obama for Transparency.

I don't think any of us have our original birth certificates, at least certainly not in CT or WI from my personal knowledge. I have a certified copy of my birth certificate-and that actually is a certified copy of a microficed copy of my birth certificate. CT destroyed my original birth certificate decades ago as a matter of routine.


Also BTW the 96 y.o. was born in Canada and that's what his birth certificate would show.

 

[KAZANI]

How can anyone get to his 95th year and not having the issue of his nationality/citizenship come up even once in his dealings with the civil services? I live in Greece and this is routine check.

 

[epidemis]

The US have some crazy ancient laws. How about granting citizenry based on the parent's nationality not whether someone was born in the US.

 

[maluckey]

The US have some crazy ancient laws. How about granting citizenry based on the parent's nationality not whether someone was born in the US.

Um, BOTH are allowed in the United States. This guy MAY be a citizen. The only thing he lacks is the proof on record. If his parents were citizens AND had met residency requirements for the time period, it's a done deal and just needs the documentation filed for record.

 

[DCal430]

The US have some crazy ancient laws. How about granting citizenry based on the parent's nationality not whether someone was born in the US.

The U.S does grant citizenship to everyone born from a U.S citizen. The ones with the crazy ancient laws are the european countries who refuse to give people citizenship who have been there for generations.

 

[epidemis]

The U.S does grant citizenship to everyone born from a U.S citizen. The ones with the crazy ancient laws are the european countries who refuse to give people citizenship who have been there for generations.

Actually those aren't ancient, before 19th century, citizenship was granted per birth location. Still I don't see being born in a place has to do with anything. If you are passing the country or if you aren't granted residency, what does being born there has to do with citizenship. It's a relic from a time where US was a colony.