shygye Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 Ninety-five-year-old Leeland Davidson discovered recently that he's not considered a U.S. citizen, despite living nearly 100 years in the country and serving in the U.S. Navy during WWII. Davidson, from Centralia, Washington, told KOMO News that he discovered he wasn't a U.S. citizen when he was turned down for an enhanced driver's license he needed for a trip to Canada to visit relatives. "We always figured because he was born to U.S. parents he's automatically a U.S. citizen," said Davidson's daughter, Rose Schoolcraft. Davidson was born in British Columbia in 1916, but his parents didn't register the birth with the U.S. government to ensure they knew he was a citizen. He checked up on his citizenship before joining the Navy and was told by an inspector at the U.S. Department of Labor Immigration and Naturalization Service he had nothing to worry about. Now he worries that he won't be able to prove his citizenship, because his parents were born in Iowa before local governments started keeping records of birth certificates in 1880. "I want it squared away before I pass away," he says. Schoolcraft says they tried to dissuade him from pursuing the matter. Employees at the local passport office scared them, telling her father "If he pursued it, (he could) possibly be deported or [be] at risk of losing Social Security." ... Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkoktraveler Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 Letee, he wants to go to Cana. But if they deport him, he gets to go to Canada. Good thing he doesn't live in Arizona. He would go to jail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shygye Posted March 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 Ahhh yes, because we all know the AZ law is not based on looks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 No problem whatsoever. He will be in the US Census returns with his family - and listed as a US citizen. And whoever told him he could lose his Social Security needs to get smacked in the side of the head. SS has nothing to do with citizenship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shygye Posted March 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 ... illegally (false info on application form) obtained SS number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pasathai1 Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 yes, in the eyes of the immigration people in the US he is a major threat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkoktraveler Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 95 year old terrorist do exist. They just might seize his house, his car, his pension, his social security, his money and when he is about ready to get out of jail for his crimes, he will have to come up with money so he can be deported. My question is "Will this convicted criminal be allowed to keep his military metals?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unit731 Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 British Columbia is a beautiful place. Just move back. Get free gov. medical. He can still keep his SS check and VA checks coming. Sounds like a win win situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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