‘Veteran of Iraq War now fights his own deportation’
From the New York Times. Elisha Dawkins thought he was a United States citizen. He had a Florida birth certificate that was issued years after his birth and a U.S. passport. He served in both the army and the navy and held a security clearance.
But there was a deportation order for him from 1992, when he was eight years old.
He has been charged with lying on his passport application.
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Posted on June 27, 2011, in wtf. Bookmark the permalink. 3 Comments.
messed up. Serving in the military should be automatic citizenship.
I think residency requirements are waived for veterans who have served a certain period of time, so they have a so-called “fast track” to citizenship. And if you serve in combat, the requirement is just one day of service. But Dawkins was never a legal resident, and I don’t know how that affects his case. Strangely enough, I read another article that claimed he isn’t going to be deported, just charged for passport fraud.
Our record when it comes to promising citizenship to vets isn’t all that great.
That’s ridiculous. I’m appalled that they’d try to deport him after he served in a war.