WWII VET may face deportation

[farmer]

WWII vet discovers he’s not a U.S. citizen
By Liz Goodwin
..By Liz Goodwin liz Goodwin – Thu Mar 24, 10:39 am ET
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 Schoolcroft.


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."

"We keep telling him, leave it alone, leave it alone, and he won't, like a dog with a bone," Schoolcraft told the Centralia Chronicle. But Davidson says: "I want to get it done before I die." He also still wants to visit his friends and family in Canada. Sen Patty Murray's office is helping him with his application

[Space Cowboy]

Lets review: He cant prove that he is an American citizen yet served throughout WWII.
Uhhhh.....I think hes already earned his rights above and beyond.

[kantuckyII]

We have a president who can't show his birth certificate. I feel this guy will probably be A-Ok

[Tigercannon71]

I dont think he will be deported those people at the passport office just didnt want to do any work so they tried to scare the family.

[ItownHosscat]

We have a president who can't show his birth certificate. I feel this guy will probably be A-Ok

And so it continues...

[FANOSPORTS]

This is ridiculous IMO

[Boonedawg]

Mabe barakula will give him a special dispensation......wait, he's busy golfing.

[kantuckyII]

We have a president who can't show his birth certificate. I feel this guy will probably be A-Ok

And so it continues...

Never the less, it's a true statement

[Orange and Brown]

We have a president who can't show his birth certificate. I feel this guy will probably be A-Ok

Thanks for your 2 cents! You get change back with that opinion....

Does everything have to some how be pinned on Obama??? Cause we all know how great of a guy Bush was while in office!

[kantuckyII]

There's a very viable tie in between this thread and this president..

[ItownHosscat]

Wouldn't that be political then?Im sure thats a no-no.....for most anyways.

[kantuckyII]

This whole thread would be political of that's the case

[BubbleGumTiger]

John Brown's little brother

[BubbleGumTiger]

This whole thread would be political of that's the case

Now we can make this thread political..........

[The D]

Ill keep my guns, money, and freedom and you can keep the change!...

but as far as this thread goes, this vet won't be deported...just dont see that really happening

[ItownHosscat]

This whole thread would be political of that's the case

Now we can make this thread political..........

Looks like you just made the doo-doo list

[Boonedawg]

Mr. Davidson was sworn is as a U.S. citizen today.

[Burg_Grad_77]

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