Just more bureaucratic incompetence. This Veteran deserves an apology from the U.S. Government!
@amoxtlibissou93735 ай бұрын
And his passport.
@austinpierce28666 жыл бұрын
The day this story broke the State Department decided to give it to him. It’s almost as if they didn’t care before the public found out
@egnesiablake39116 жыл бұрын
THEY ARE ALL A SLEEP IN GOVERNMENT ,UNTIL TIME FOR REELECTION ,,THEN THE LIES, NEW OLD PROMISES.AND UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE STUPID ENOUGH TO FALL FOR IT.
@naryaquid6 жыл бұрын
Austin Pierce Anyone who puts his or her life on the line for this country DESERVES US citizenship if they want it Any other policy is disgraceful!!
@naryaquid6 жыл бұрын
I'm glad that happened even though they had to be SHAMED into doing it -- The Trump administration is a disgusting DISGRACE!
@nonyabidness57086 жыл бұрын
naryaquid 😬 Oops... Except this happened under Obama, soooooo.....
@naryaquid6 жыл бұрын
Nonya Bidness Oops!..Wrong again! 😋 Under Obama, military service was one of the ways to BECOME eligible for citizenship. Please educate yourself to the facts. You and your fellow Wingnuts are reliably WRONG on them. It would be fumny, were it not, at this point in time, so dangerous.
@SW-mc2zx5 ай бұрын
This happened to a friend of mine in Michigan. He was born in the 1950's. His parents were migrant farmers. He was born in the shack provided to the families by the farmers. The government never knew he existed until he was enrolled in school.
@sherishahriar37766 жыл бұрын
He seems like such a nice and honest man, it also breaks my heart.
@kalijasin2 жыл бұрын
He got screwed over by the Racist government.
@hanaluong26722 ай бұрын
Yes, I got the same expression. He seems such a nice person.
@equalizertime53506 жыл бұрын
This IS A HARD WORKING MAN HONOR HIM!!! DAMN IT
@bobsee82267 жыл бұрын
This isn't about illegal imigration. It sounds it's about race
@310Cowboys6 жыл бұрын
Exactly.
@Idontneednohandlers36 жыл бұрын
They are still denying people
@cameraman6555 ай бұрын
Everything is about…”race…”🙄. No, its about a massive, bloated, omnipotent bureaucracy, staffed by thousands of unelected, uncaring and unaccountable individuals…no, it's not about...”race..” that the easy and popular answer to all of life’s problems.
@jaymontange82605 ай бұрын
I can see this happening. Your military service should have helped smooth the process.
@enginerdy5 ай бұрын
@@cameraman655perhaps it’s a better question to ask _why_ there’s a “massive, bloated” bureaucracy to deny passports to citizens?
@jameswill20176 жыл бұрын
As a us citizen and veteran this pisses me off. He fought for this DAM county and they do this.
@dr.ramondetorres48386 жыл бұрын
You mean like the Hoover DAM? Or do you give a damn?
@kalijasin2 жыл бұрын
His military record, which is all on record with the government, should be enough. The army accepted him and he fought for the country which is proof he is an American.
@sutkos32886 ай бұрын
@kalijasin Hmmm, not true his parents could give him someone else birth certificate he has to prove medical records 🤔
@ocelotl46555 ай бұрын
@@sutkos3288buddy if your family hasnt been in America for 200+ plus years dont speak up on something you dont know! Field workers werent hanging around getting medical treatmemt around that time!!! It was rare and home births were very common specially in the south west and the rest of the South.
@305jett4 ай бұрын
Trust me,he is not the only one,a friend of mine is going through the same thing, because he have a delay birthday certificate,and they want a bunch of of things, hospital,papers, school records baptism record's,a whole lot stuff,but the this applies for it and got before,now he tries to get renew, and that when they come with all this stuff,and he is almost 70 just like that man,and black,so it makes you wonder if they are trying to stop retirees from leaving, maybe they don't want you to spend your ss check out side the country,i don't this getting so scary,just the thought that you can't get a passport because something as simply as didn't register on time,which is fault of his,
@101theobserver6 жыл бұрын
Its racism not politics
@heresthetruth74036 жыл бұрын
Thanks Obama.
@erlpen20166 жыл бұрын
how is it racism? he is not black or chinese? what race is he?
@dimitpap29476 жыл бұрын
Very excited what you say. It's a matter of process clearly.
@williampennjr.44486 жыл бұрын
that's BS The only reason it's in the news is because he isn't white.
@williampennjr.44486 жыл бұрын
you need to adjust the color control on your computer or tv because he is definitely not white, unless he lives in a tanning booth. Liberals think Mexican and Illegal is a race (which they also think are synonymous) . so don't go by those morons.
@goossy75916 жыл бұрын
He deserve a passport just for sacrificing his life for America
@zatoichi31346 жыл бұрын
and they should be given discounted flight tickets too.
@goossy75916 жыл бұрын
lesati I’m working with military personnel i see what they go through in daily basis some of them lost their lives and other their marriage ended with divorce because they are always deployed etc and at the end some stupid guy behind a computer strip those hero’s from their right to be an American
@jimibarker27445 жыл бұрын
Go Ossy the sad truth brother is no goverment has the right too stop anybody from traveling or staying in any land we arnt animals or slaves why the need for papers
@franciscomastrogianni82866 жыл бұрын
Sorry you have to go thru with this injustice you deserved an apology from our government and issue a passport immediately. Oh before we forget thank you for your service, me as an American I truly sorry for your situation and hope it would be taken care shortly take care and God bless you and our great nation!!🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸👍
@SPharaoh6 жыл бұрын
Our VA treat us veterans horrible and now this? Sad it is.
@monarnyc6 жыл бұрын
This is Not right. I hope he finally has a US passport.
@tbcy3zj5 ай бұрын
Whether he is a veteran or not, he should not be denied a passport.
@phretbord6 жыл бұрын
It shouldn't matter what kind of birth certificate he has, it was good enough for the military and it should be good enough for a passport, period. Another example of bs innocent people are going through because of politics.
@TheWerequat6 жыл бұрын
fathand Robert I wish that was true, but it's not. Sadly, the Passport office is following the law, as created by Congress. Delayed birth certificates must be backed up with additional evidence of your birth in the U S.
@juan_ishaq5 ай бұрын
Absolutely horrendous! No American citizen should experience what this honorable man is!
@DavidThomas-sr1jv6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service sir. I will speak with my local representatives and congressman and tell them of these issues in an effort to help anyone in my area who is suffering with this same issue.
@rachelgarber14236 жыл бұрын
I'd like to know how a person can serve in the military and be refused a passport
@TheWerequat6 жыл бұрын
Rachel Garber Because you don't have to be a US citizen to serve in the military.
@alexanderchenf16 жыл бұрын
Dave Costa false!
@TheWerequat6 жыл бұрын
@@alexanderchenf1 True! Sorry, but it is quite true.
@alexanderchenf16 жыл бұрын
Dave Costa Check your facts. Find me ONE person served in US military without being a citizen since WWII. The only channel for foreigners to join US military recently was MAVNI. Before deployment, a MAVNI member sworn to become a citizen.
@apa19676 жыл бұрын
C Alex my late uncle served in the US Navy during the Vietnam War. He was not a US citizen at the time he enlisted he was Canadian. I know another who also served in the USMC during the Vietnam War he was a British subject when he enlisted. As well numerous Canadians also served in the US military during the Vietnam War.
@RUHappyATM6 жыл бұрын
This is so fudged up. Give the man his passport, he served the country!
@joet2556 жыл бұрын
Not giving an American citizen Vietnam vet a passport is wrong
@dr.ramondetorres48386 жыл бұрын
I am a Vet. I served during Viet Nam (when it was Vietnam) and I can't get a passport because I AM NOT ASKING FOR ONE! My clearance in the service makes leaving the country dicey at best, better not aggravate the white clowns. OOps, that did it, gotta answer my door.
@theresewalters16965 жыл бұрын
So much for land of the free! My father had no birth certificate either. He was born in a house in 1916. They took him in the Army. But he never traveled outside the US. Good luck to you.
@ajnoname28166 жыл бұрын
You're good man sir you served this country gallantly I hope you get your paperwork all in order so that you can travel and have a great future otherwise and I hope everything goes well for you brother
@pabloalcantara28766 жыл бұрын
Poor man. The lady just kept asking the same stupid questions (over and over again!!!! ) when this man previously replied to her questions.
@faithrada6 жыл бұрын
Pablo Alcantara No... she was not a "stupid" person.. she was very smart. This was a taped interview MEANT Specifically to DRIVE HOME .. by Repetition ... just how insanely ugly and unfair this situation is ... just in case those in charge missed it. Sometimes you REALLY DO have to stand on a mountain top and just keep SCREAMING ... until people GET IT. Apparently it worked but isnt it sad that this interviewer had to make such an issue over something so obvious. Sometimes screaming from the mountaintops ... over and over again .. works. Yes... shouldn't NEED to do it.
@earlismarks71086 жыл бұрын
Exactly the questions were asked over to clarify...it was to amplify and leave no misconceptions about what this fine citizen was going through...I call it good reporting..
@brokendad22225 ай бұрын
She was showing the circle of red tape and stupidity involved in their reason for defining this. They waited until the public was made aware of this, disgusting treatment
@riverflow81866 жыл бұрын
I was touched and feel sad. Sorry to hear this kind of story!
@belingonza3186 жыл бұрын
This is one strange case. Hope someone helps him out.
@jimkey9206 жыл бұрын
The whole process is chock full of errors and inconsistencies! Give the man his passport!
@maviswilliams98486 жыл бұрын
I wasn't born here but have been issued US passport because of marriage and he can't have one ?
@joelelliott67306 жыл бұрын
Mavis Williams mess up shit. poor guy
@TheWerequat6 жыл бұрын
Mavis Williams You weren't issued a passport due to marriage. You were issued a passport because you became a US citizen. Getting married won't make you a citizen. Naturalization will.
@patrickmcshane76586 жыл бұрын
at a few weeks old, he was supposed to crawl to city Hall and file for his birth certificate..
@normatible97956 жыл бұрын
PATRICK McShane whoaahhh ha ha ha.
@SPharaoh6 жыл бұрын
PATRICK McShane This story was reported in 2015. This veteran said he was being tossed around for 8 years. That means the entire Obama admins 2008-2015.
@MsMutiti6 жыл бұрын
PATRICK McShane You've hit the on the head.
@tonyd13086 жыл бұрын
There you go the Obama Syndrome!1
@keinaanabdi68216 жыл бұрын
Hahahahahahahhaahhahahahahahah
@carlosdavila50714 жыл бұрын
I just to work for an attorney as a Paralegal. I remember having the same issue with a client. The passport Agent keep denying the application and keep requesting all type of records that were difficult or impossible to obtain. We end up filing a Writ of mandamus and we was able to get the client his passport.
@eherrera137 Жыл бұрын
Help guide us to a good laywer and not a scam
@sonyettahicks6 жыл бұрын
This is sad and my mother is going through the same thing as a U.S. citizen now.
@asdreh75056 жыл бұрын
It's really sad story.I am sad now.very sad.
@Temboz7 жыл бұрын
I hope the guy does get his passport..if he has the requisite documents to prove he is a citizen of the USA,I dont see why he shouldnt be issued one.
@outtahere3216 жыл бұрын
Just the fact that he is a veteran and served the country honorably should have been good enough. It is because of lazy azzz government workers not doing the right thing.
@TheWerequat6 жыл бұрын
Standing In The Rain Nope. Military service does not indicate U.S. Citizenship. It's on the applicant to prove birth in the U.S. by law. Sometimes it's not that easy.
@TheWerequat6 жыл бұрын
Oh, we're not lazy, by the way. We make sure that people who aren't entitled to a passport don't get them. We routinely catch people faking it.
@leealaniz8336 жыл бұрын
Romeo Tango Amazing. This man risked his life for you to have the right to say what you said. At least thank him for his service and making it back alive on a war that was not his doing. We didn’t have too many choices at the time: Mexico, Canada, jail or serve At least give him the benefit of the doubt before you make any more asinine statements..
@bobl17695 ай бұрын
Shameful. Useless bureaucrats and representatives.
@equalizertime53506 жыл бұрын
HE SERVED THIS COUNTRY CITIZENSHIP CITIZEN POINT BLANK
@TheWerequat6 жыл бұрын
Equalizertime You don't have to be a citizen to serve in the U S military.
@stephenkolostyak40875 ай бұрын
No. If you're not a citizen you have no business being in the military to begin with.
@ejw5137 жыл бұрын
I understand first hand what he is going through. I am also a US Veteran and was born here have supporting documents and I am having the same issue getting my passport as well. Yet the kicker for me is I already had a passport and renewed it every 10 years way before it expires so that i don't have an issue. This feb was my 10 years and it was time to renew for another 10, a process that I have been faithful in doing for the past 30 years; and for some reason this year I'm having issues, I'm 6 months into going back and fourth with the passport service, it's very frustrating.
@monarnyc6 жыл бұрын
Joy Washington Please let us know when you finally have it. I am so sorry about this.
@TheWerequat6 жыл бұрын
Joy Washington Ok, I think I need clarification on this. You have 5 years from the date of expiration of your passport to renew it, as long as the passport was issued to you after the age of 16, and has a 10 year validity. In short, if your passport was issued 8/15/2004, you could renew it by mail, since it is only 4 years since it expired. What issues are you having?
@hraqhraq6 жыл бұрын
I hope this guy will only hate politicians not his country. This really makes people un loyal unfortunately
@AvaT426 жыл бұрын
Shame on you America doing this to that man who went to war for his country that he was actually born in,
@egnesiablake39116 жыл бұрын
UNGRATEFUL SYSTEM ,RISK YOUR LIFE FOR AN UNGRATEFUL SYSTEM ,THEY THREW YOU UNDER THE BUS.
@jamesrogers46746 жыл бұрын
Both my parents have delayed passports. My mom was born in 1960 in the mountains of ky and didn't go to the hospital. My dad was born 1956 in Indiana with a birth certificate but the courthouse burned shortly after it was filed.
@MyCatsR2Crazy6 жыл бұрын
James Rogers this is why people have a problem with voter ID because so many people have a hard time getting their proof of citizenship even though they were born here in the United States
@datmeme89674 жыл бұрын
@@MyCatsR2Crazy The reason so many are for it is because they know it's mainly the poor who might have trouble obtaining voter ID and Republicans fear poor voters. Wonder why that is?
@delsakelly14566 жыл бұрын
Sad story. My heart goes out to him. I'm glad he finally recd his passport.
@pamparker40475 ай бұрын
Outrageous 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮
@TheJay7446 жыл бұрын
Is disgusting and sad to see this men cry is this America 🤔
@johndunn98195 ай бұрын
If he had lied about bone spurs and incited a treasonous coup he'd get right 👍 in...
@philliphersh72443 жыл бұрын
Give him his passport for Pete’s sake. He’s honorably served his country. He’s an American citizen. Please do the right thing and give this man a passport because he deserves one. Give this man the dignity he rightfully deserves. He fought for the freedoms of the people who work at the passport agencies so they have the right to work there.
@fwcolb6 жыл бұрын
This is about the most bizarre thing I have heard in several years. A US citizen and veteran prevented from travel abroad.
@emilj83374 жыл бұрын
Feel so bad for him...
@marciawilliams26374 жыл бұрын
Mr. Cano thank you for your service. No military veteran should have to fight for their birth tights after fighting for this country.
@tm5020106 жыл бұрын
A vet... two tours. Damn! A true sign that the system sees him as a permanent member of the Underclass. So pathetic.
@playdollshowtime67566 жыл бұрын
Wish you the best, respect the veteran🇺🇸
@valentinocorrea35516 жыл бұрын
You can see from his eyes he's an honest man, good to know they issued his passport already, but still why it had took long for them to act...
@nealpack72314 жыл бұрын
You are not alone my friend. There are a lot of us. Good luck.
@viveros11875 жыл бұрын
My husband born in Chicago in 1976 at Northwestern university hospital is being denied a passport renewal. Hes had passports before never had a problem. This is his 4th time renewing and they denied him. My husband is Hispanic. We go to a lawyer on Tuesday. Racism is definitely real.
@ahigatso24426 жыл бұрын
I thought they were going after criminals.
@nonyabidness57086 жыл бұрын
Ahiga Tso Who is "they"?
@ahigatso24426 жыл бұрын
Nonya Bidness Them people giving this brown fellow a hard time.
@nonyabidness57086 жыл бұрын
😐😒
@margarethola33306 жыл бұрын
THEY didn’t now we do in December 2015 he received his passport do your homework
@nettiewatkins65456 жыл бұрын
I am getting so scared of my own government that they would do this to this man and others every day another story. Please, Please, please, I want this man out!
@maryjackson11945 ай бұрын
My sister was born in Germany while my dad, a major in the US Army, was stationed there. Both of my parents were born in the US, had US passports and US birth certificates. Dad's Army records were burned in the fire at the St. Louis records depository way back. My sister can't get a US passport because she can't get a birth certificate.
@Jesus-The-Everlasting-Father5 ай бұрын
He was probably born in Mexico, and came to America when he was a baby.
@fthat87804 жыл бұрын
No wonder Trump called him a sucker.
@aboveusonlysky28785 ай бұрын
Why does it matter that he's a veteran? He's a citizen. All citizens have the same rights.
@raywest75706 жыл бұрын
It's worst than just sad.
@deannadelmar44856 жыл бұрын
This is criminal!
@Jeje-rb1vu6 жыл бұрын
Absolutely disgusting how this poor man has been treated.
@brucemiller27546 жыл бұрын
Sometimes I'm embarrassed to be an American
@nonyabidness57086 жыл бұрын
Bruce Miller Fair, but... There are many worse things happening in other countries so there's that.
@malakhpearson72856 жыл бұрын
Bruce Miller he was in the military for so many years why he didn't ask and tell his situation to his CO for getting a military passport, then it will be backed up for his US passport too.
@maryannknox71585 жыл бұрын
He is a Veteran this is Horrendous
@denafitton60582 жыл бұрын
I hope he got a American National Passport. He's a citizen alright, and Thank You For Your Service Sir 🙏 May God Bless you all the days of your life !
@DucatiQueen6 жыл бұрын
This is crazy
@JohnGee1236 жыл бұрын
Thank You!!! So very, very few KZbin put a follow-up link.
@TheArizonaRepublic16 жыл бұрын
No problem!
@manuelserrano98575 ай бұрын
I hope someone in the government has finally helped this veteran, since there doesn’t seem to be a follow up on this video when it was made 2015.
@joselplascencia77956 жыл бұрын
JUST BE GLAD YOU ARE NOT DEPORTED..... STOP CRYING AND GET CRAKING... BUY THE WAY MY DAD WHAS DECLARED DECESED 10 YEARS AGO IT TOOK 9 TO PROVE HE WHAS STILL ALIVE!!!
@carmyvasquez3185 жыл бұрын
This is not fair after this man fought for America SMH🤦🏽♀️
@godsbutterflys5 жыл бұрын
This is just Heartbreaking 💔💔😢
@victormeza78595 ай бұрын
MY COUSIN, MY SISTER, AND MYSELF BORN @HOME ASSISTED BY MIDWIFE MY UNCLE, MY AUNT, MY GRANDMA ALL DIED AT MY BIRTH HOME.. ❤🇺🇸
@MrDolfo16 жыл бұрын
You should get a passport when you were still young. They are not very strict way back 60 years ago.
@thekingofmoney20006 жыл бұрын
Not everybody can afford to travel!
@JohnSmith-hn6kv6 жыл бұрын
Not many farm workers have a time machine to travel 60 years into the future to find out that he'd have passport problems.
@romelsuason31106 жыл бұрын
This is fucked up
@billstrasburg3842 ай бұрын
I have the same problem. The State Department keeps giving me bullcrap excuses like "your photo is over 6 months old". It costs me $160 each time they do that. The government is required by law to provide a citizen a passport, and can only withhold that in certain circumstances of treason and such.
@ellagadiparthi56796 жыл бұрын
This is just outrageous. This is wrong period. I am so sad, he is crying. What a shame.
@kwaishiu64605 жыл бұрын
Even French foreign legion will give anyone a French citizenship if the person is satisfied with his service to the legion, wtf is wrong here
@henkmahendra11895 ай бұрын
@ USA 🇺🇸 give him his constitutional rights to have a US Passport of a country he had defended with his life at risk. God Bless You Mr. Cano a proven brave American Patriot 🇺🇸
@ivanbrito28275 ай бұрын
For me, he is a DREAMER....whit all my respects....
@Romas655 ай бұрын
Politicians don't care, all of them, they talk about helping us, but fail to keep thier promise. We the people are on our own.
@wilfridg28946 жыл бұрын
Once again, the U.S.A. is breaking international law and standards when it comes to it's own citizens and residents. Every country is obligated to issue a travel document to citizen and non-citizen resident alike, if there are no other risks associated in doing so. In the case of non-citizens (which seemingly they're trying hard to turn this defenseless old man into) typically this means issuing internationally recognized documents fulfilling the role of a passport using one of three options: 1. Travel Document for Resident Foreigners; 2. Travel Document for Refugees, aka the 1951 Convention Travel Document; 3. Stateless Person's Travel Document. HOWEVER, I believe they would even refuse issuing one of those, which brings us to a very interesting, but little known piece of international law: The '1954 Convention Travel Document' is a travel document, unlike a Stateless travel document (stateless person by a signatory of the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons) ISSUED TO A PERSON IN CIRCUMSTANCES OF ANY DIFFICULTIES IN GAINING A TRAVEL DOCUMENT FROM COUNTRY OF BIRTH. The cover bears the words "Travel Document" in English and French (and often in the language of the issuing state) along with the date of the convention, but does not bear the two stripes appearing in the upper right corner of the front cover of refugee travel documents.
@yildundelta99716 жыл бұрын
This is very similar to what happened to my father back in the 70's, it has nothing to do with being an immigrant or having an immigrant family. My dad had no birth certificate at all because all the records were destroyed in a fire in Tennessee. He had no medical records, it was a home birth, yada yada, anyway we had to pull up census records to prove he was American. Let me tell you that was a bear back then to get, there was no internet and you got major run around from all the vital statstics offices. It took about 7-8 years to get all of it together. If we hadn't been able to find census records, from when he was 10, he would have been out of luck. We even had his tax records from 30 years prior. Then they still didn't want to give in, we had to get the State Rep and a lawyer. Back then the State Reps actually Did their Job.
@jamalyusufalibey40256 жыл бұрын
From one fifth generation war veteran to another, I found this to be a shameful disgrace to all who served. American War veteran USS Marvin Shields Desert Storm 1990-94.
@HSwedan826 жыл бұрын
71 and he can't get dam passport
@bonifacioaba67746 жыл бұрын
Apparently, his problem had something to do with the economy in your country. The U.S. doesn't want him to spend his dollar pension outside the country. There's a lot of pensioners opted to live in South East Asia after retirement because they could enjoy much spending their money here compared to the high standard of living in the US.
@margarethola33306 жыл бұрын
Do your research he received his passport in December 2015
@iEduin3 жыл бұрын
American Samoa is a United States Territory and anyone born there has The NationaIity of The United States but they are NOT Citizens .................. Now, That's ridicules .............. Born in an American Land and you don't get Citizenship, i hope they fix that soon
@tapiten3 жыл бұрын
My 1st doctor and dentist appointment, after boot camp lol
@JohnSmith-hn6kv5 жыл бұрын
This riles me up, and I'm not even American.
@donaldcornwell11515 ай бұрын
This needs to get fixed right now
@leealaniz8336 жыл бұрын
Mr Cerrillo Quick question: Did you serve? I did. United States Marine Corp 1967- 1970. I tried to do my part. Cased closed. Sgt USMC
@anthonylockridge56686 жыл бұрын
This man is an American leave from the f*** alone
@georged.54115 ай бұрын
I have the opposite "problem", for some weird reason the US thinks I am a Citizen. Well, not really a problem for me, as I live in Europe. I spent 21 years on the Mid Atlantic Region, may eventually go back to visit relatives there at some point, where it may become a problem, since I would be trying to enter on a visa waiver with a foreign passport, and their records may show me as a US Citizen, prompting problems at the point of entry. It all started when I got my SSN, at 18, on a visitor's visa, while having applied for an adjustment of status. The SSA employee, didn't know what box to check on my application, so he just checked US citizen, and I became one (Sort of, I wouldn't be able to get a passport or SSA Benefits at 67, or a host of other things). To add insult to injury, INS (CBP today I guess) had me listed as a Citizen of my (correct) country, but a National of another country (unrelated), despite never having held a passport or permanent residency from that particular country. Did I mention I have 3 different dates of birth listed in different agencies? (US vs international date mishap) Not to mention the whole mess called Selective Service... All in all it's amazing how CBP, SSA and the federal government in general can screw up records, but can't unscrew them without a hell of a lot of red tape. But don't worry, you are not alone, my country had me listed as dead while I lived in the US and had to jump through hoops to alive "myself" again on the system. And officials in Canada once questioned me (while flying in transit from Mexico to the UK no less) about living there for 11 years, despite having only visited once for 3 days in 1996....
@leealaniz8336 жыл бұрын
DrMayeda1 My point was that they both were in a situation that was life threatening. That situation was not of their doing. Lee Alaniz Semper Fi USMC 1967-1970
@againstallodds4046 жыл бұрын
wow! This is deep and shameful. Imprisoned in your own country like a POW except there's no war...to speak.
@williampennjr.44486 жыл бұрын
I'm a vet and they are refusing to give my wife permanent or even temporary residency or give our son a visa to visit us.. My wife hasn't seen her son in over 10 years. They make up all kinds of illogical excuses yet they have no problem taking my money.
@nemo2276 жыл бұрын
We elect officials to serve citizens. Many people never contact their elected representatives for help. I write to my senators (remember, every state has 2 senators) and my congressman. They (and their staff) can be very helpful. I think they really LIKE to help us when we're reasonable. There are a lot of battles we don't have to fight alone. We should all get to know our federal representatives, state officials, county and city officials. Don't be invisible.
@TheWerequat6 жыл бұрын
nemo227 I've said this more than once. Your elected officials do not have the power to issue passports, nor can they make it happen. All they can do is interrupt the process. It is never a guarantee that the passport will be issued.
@nemo2276 жыл бұрын
That's an important point to keep in mind. I've never tried to get a passport, don't want to leave the USA. I did cross the border into Tijuana in the forties, day trip with my parents. And I went to British Columbia for a week in the early seventies. Things were different then; times change, rules change. Now I desire to stay in the USA but I love to talk to foreign visitors. Anyhow, we tend to under-use our elected officials. We pay whether we use their help or don't. It's good to get to know them, find out if they're helpful or not, find out if they are worth the money we pay them as taxpayers.
@donjohnson61115 ай бұрын
I Have "SERIOUS" DOUBTs About His Story!!
@marymary-vg2ts5 жыл бұрын
Pay him double for his trouble. It's not fair to honest people.
@aloyd61575 ай бұрын
lesson learnt , US is focusing more on proper documentation. some decided to evade registering, but did he tried getting a passport previously? This live interview is purely meant to inform the viewers .
@williamlouie5695 ай бұрын
They had no problem getting him to serve in the US Navy. But when he wanted a passport the US government now said he doesn't exist!
@maryannknox71585 жыл бұрын
This makes me sick
@josephatnip23986 жыл бұрын
I would actually file a lawsuit to get this fixed and are violating your civil rights as an American citizen you have the right and freedom of travel
@TheWerequat6 жыл бұрын
Get what fixed? The Passport Agency is following laws laid out by Congress. Filing a lawsuit would accomplish diddly.