The state of Tennessee says a Navy veteran who has lived in the U.S. for more than seven decades is not an American citizen and has canceled his driver's license.
Nah, it’s a worker trying to verify citizenship per Real ID requirements. You lot voted for this law to catch and deport illegals, now you complain that it’s working.
No, it's more likely the June 2023 CORE system update is the issue, likely the contracted company made some errors in the migration of data to the new database and for whatever reason he got erroneously flagged. I suspect others have face similar issues. Government taxpayer service is non existent and reverse burden of proof, makes fixing errors a nightmare.
What gets me is he can prove he's a citizen because his mother and father were us citizens, and his military service. This disgusting and those patriotic politicians who "love" the veterans, Crickets!!!!!
@@twiz148 in this very video they mentioned how it’s a Tennessee state law holding most of this up. In the eyes of the federal government he is a citizen so just curious where you’re getting this from if not the video.
Ted Cruz was born in Canada, his mum was born in the US and his dad was born in Cuba !! Yet he can run for President??? This is outrageous and I really feel for this poor man!!
So let me get this straight... Scumbag "Cancun cruz" is born in Canada and serve in Congress but this True PATRIOT Veteran cannot obtain a simple TN license... WTF is this country coming to?
@@junehanzawa5165 Imagine if next time Ted Cruz heads off to Cancun when Texas is in the middle of electical supply problems and blackouts ... immigration just do not let him back in ... THAT WOULD BE AWESOME!!!
(15) “United States” means- (A) a Federal corporation; (B) an agency, department, commission, board, or other entity of the United States; or (C) an instrumentality of the United States. (18)“United States citizen” means (A) any individual who is a citizen of the United States by law, birth, or naturalization; (B) any Federal, State, or local government in the United States, or any entity of any such government; or (C) any corporation, partnership, association, or other entity, organized or existing under the laws of the United States, or of any State, which has as its president or other executive officer and as its chairman of the board of directors, or holder of similar office, an individual who is a United States citizen and which has no more of its directors who are not United States citizens than constitute a minority of the number required for a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the board. (Pub. L. 96-320, § 3, Aug. 3, 1980, 94 Stat. 975; Pub. L. 98-623, title VI, § 602(a)(2), (e)(7), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3410, 3412.)
@@catherinewilliams9680 yeah well our country is being run by a communist regime and they are treating Americans like shit and treating criminals and illegals like kings.
has he file a lawsuit on that place cuz he need to sue them & tell the judge im a US citizen here my birth paper saying both parents are & i fight in a war..... now they telling me im not what wrong with them if im not a citizen they dont have proof of & i do then hell with them i want my money back & i want out of this dump state if they show this to a Veteran
Not surprised. Besides if I tell the real skinny on what happened. a. I might in up in federal jail b. If I do they won't believe that it actually happened. But API and & Reuters is truthful. LOL My Military ID indefinite expiration date I D card is not good for commercial airline flights. But I can fly space A on military flights. Not that I fly any more. Not medically advisable. So which is real? The one that says Identification Card, Property of the US Government or the one that states it is a Driver License.. I bought one and the other is issued. Oh and I do not know of anyone that has a issued indefinite US DoD ID that is not a US citizen. I can understand why it is not acceptable. You have to have US government permission to copy it. Maybe that standing up thing and swearing to upholding the Constitution and that other thing about foreign & domestic is also too disturbing.
(15) “United States” means- (A) a Federal corporation; (B) an agency, department, commission, board, or other entity of the United States; or (C) an instrumentality of the United States. (18)“United States citizen” means (A) any individual who is a citizen of the United States by law, birth, or naturalization; (B) any Federal, State, or local government in the United States, or any entity of any such government; or (C) any corporation, partnership, association, or other entity, organized or existing under the laws of the United States, or of any State, which has as its president or other executive officer and as its chairman of the board of directors, or holder of similar office, an individual who is a United States citizen and which has no more of its directors who are not United States citizens than constitute a minority of the number required for a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the board. (Pub. L. 96-320, § 3, Aug. 3, 1980, 94 Stat. 975; Pub. L. 98-623, title VI, § 602(a)(2), (e)(7), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3410, 3412.)
@@smorris281 And only TN got him busted. All DL he got from different Liberal States were for non-citizen ID. Real DL ID is different and he wanted to get the "real DL" . All non-citizens DL's have a different code and he got that kind of DL all his life as he was not a citizen.
@@francispinto8721 That's not how I was hearing it, his Parents are both American so all they needed to do once they came back from Canada was to get him an ID when he got older.
Dear Sir, As a veteran of the USMC Under the Department of the Navy I salute you for your service. Thank you for being a great American citizen And an honorable person. May GOD be your ally and redeem your standing before the court of man.
Needs to go to the state dept to obtain a certificate of u.s . Citizen born abroad. As long as one birth parent is a US citizen, than the child is automatically a US citizen. I know this as my daughter was born in Germany at a us army hospital. Her birth is registered with the american state dept. .
If you grew up here, lived here 70 years, paid taxes, fought in the military, married and had a family, then the state of Tennessee can take a flying fuck.
@@enchantinosis Why have borders and green cards then? Green Cards should be abolished and I should be allowed to stay where-ever the fuck I want by your logic.
My uncle went to the same thing when he was stationed in Germany when his youngest daughter was born. He/US Embassy had to fight with the German/Government to declare my niece was an American Citizen and NOT a German Citizen. After about 6 months of this just before he was to come back to the US, the German government dissolved his daughter's German Birth Certificate and finally gave my uncle his daughter's US born birth certificate.
The governor is the chief executive of the state of Tennessee . If the bureaucracy he is in charge of has a problem ... it is his responsibility to fix it . In this case , it looks like a clerk at the DMV needs some help figuring some things out regarding state compliance with the REAL ID Act that originated in Washington, D.C. 😶🌫️
@@Pub2k4it’s not good faith legally if you have a kid with your American wife In Canada you Techinally get Duel citizenship In Canada and The USA ! I was born Detroit USA 🇺🇸 then moved to Windsor then Toronto and I can still legally go to USA no issue
It is absolutely disgusting what the state of Tennessee has done to this man! They need to make it right and apologize profusely and make a big deal of it.
Ha Ha, I got a friend who was born in Germany while his Army father was stationed there. Years later while living in the US they tried to draft him into the German army,
🤬That is total BS! The Canadian birth certificate shows both parents US citizens. That is sufficient to prove he is a US citizen unless he has ever renounced it. This is an outrage against a hardworking US VETERAN!
Yeah but a Canadian birth certificate is NOT one of the 8 documents used to verify your citizenship. Military service does NOT get you US Citizenship. maybe it should but it doesn't. This guy has prospered off living in the US collecting benefits and all, a waste of the peoples tax dollars.
His parents failed to register his birth aboard at a U.S. consulate or Embassy. He is a US Citizen, he just has no proof. All he has to do is apply for a Certificate of Citizenship (Form N-600) with INS.
Frankly, I’m surprised the news station didn’t do their due diligence to report that. It’s not difficult and we did that all the time when I was stationed abroad
Tennessee revoked his license because they say he isn’t an American. Four years in the Navy. Drove truck all his life, receives Social security. What a joke this country has become!
But that state will give a license to all the illegals out there but not this man who served this country , America is now a shit whole country and the joke of the world
End of story! For sure! If you sheeple would stop cow towing to these bureaucrats and come to know your rights under the Constitution, you would discover the right to travel on roads that are paid for with your gas taxes is a right not a privilege. You continue to allow the government to force you to register your personal automobile as a Motor Vehicle. The only authority given to the government( both State and Federal) is to regulate commerce. The legal definition of a Motor Vehicle is a convaence of commerce. The only authority they have is to regulate those that are using the roads for commerce. It’s been proven in more than dozens of court cases. Oh! But I don’t want to be hassled by cops all the time! Grow a pair, stand up for your rights! Wake up sleepy, lazy, sheep!
Each state is different……Anyone who is not a U.S. Citizen or Lawful Permanent Resident will not qualify for the issuance of a driver license or identification only license.
@@TrueOrigins1618 I think it expired which is why he was renewing it. Anyway, this is pure ignorance and incompetence on their part. I know a man who was born in Puerto Rico who had the same problem here in South Carolina. He couldn't convince the DMV that Puerto Ricans are U.S. Citizens, and they would not accept his birth certificate.
@@TheJayhawker83 How many IDs are necessary to validate an individual that lived here for decades This has been a money making scheme from the start Ridiculous!!
@@TheJayhawker83 Curious why TN and not other states? I’ve searched and can not find another state having issues dealing with the Federal Real ID requirements.
@@veroniquebellamy4741the INA provides a path to citizenship for noncitizen veterans. So, if they’ve served our country, as this man did, they should certainly have a path to citizenship. In this situation,, however, both of his parents were U.S. citizens… making him a U.S. citizen, with or without his service.
This is awful to know that a man who has lived here and served our country is treated this way. I am a born Tennessee resident and I am ashamed of our state.
I tell anybody who will listen if they have a passport(or get it) to opt out of Real ID and just maintain the standard DL. Its absurd the amount of information they want simply to drive a car. The "more convenient and secure" the government makes things the less secure and private your day to day life is. A real ID DL has a full set of fingerprints, home address etc etc thats on the license as well as coded on the barcodes and/or rfid ...and it only works for domestic flights. Passport proves citizenship, gets you in/out the country, requires no other documents to prove identity and someone couldnt obtain anything more than name birthday and state you lived when it was issued even if you handed it to them. I get a kick out of times when some dingus says they dont accept passport for something
I had to fight for near TWO YEARS to prove that I was a native citizen. When an a fire destroyed my personal copy I went for another but they apparently lost me in the system as well. I had to go to the hospital I was born in to help find enough for them to believe me. It was ridiculous.
that's not true, this is to weed out terrorists these new ID's his parents likely messed up with paperwork. Canadian birth certificate means nothing in the USA.
@@fin1158 Individual states don't decide who is a citizen. That's reserved as one of the “enumerated powers” in Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.
My godfather came from the UK with his parents, lived his entire life here, ran several successful medium size businesses, paid into the system...when he retired, in his later 70s,, it was discovered that, technically, he wasn't a citizen! The bureaucracy actually did it's job and all he had to do was fill out a single declaration form and all was well. The local MP actually requested to come to his home personally with the form to fill out. But that was years ago. Today, they'd likely try to exhume his body and deport the remains...as he is not part of the Didn't Earn It demographics.
They are cracking down on Whites....Whites are not part of the Diversity Equity and Inclusion club. If he were an illegal immigrant from Hondurus, Venuzuala, or Mexico no problem. Or perhaps he was denighed because he didn't belong to the Tran de Aragua street gang breaking laws in N.Y.
What's insane are the replies which in their own cleverness, seem to support the actions of the state. This is why the country is a mess. More interested in correcting something insubstantial than fixing the problem at hand. No one was under oath here. Geez.
more to come...his mistake was applying for that "REAL I.D.", just one more piece of sh!t law from a bloated bureaucracy that cannot function except by constraint of people
The state isn't the bad guy. You have to provide proof of citizenship or legal residency for real id. It looks like his parents just never reported the birth aboard. If you are born aboard(Canada here), your parents have to submit a "Consular Report of Birth Abroad" which shows you got citizenship at birth. At which point you will be issued a US birth certificate. This was true when he was born. If this was not done then you must submit an application with your foreign birth certificate and proof of citizenship for your parents(you can request their birth certificate). This isn't to give you citizenship which you got through your parents but to get proof of citizenship and it won't take years.
This exactly. Everyone is jumping on the bandwagon making a big deal of this but it's clearly spelled out in the documentation for the Real ID. Now, the state is crap for pulling his regular DL, which his current birth certificate would be plenty for.
In other words, conservatism. "Immigrants are poisoning the blood of our country!" What do people THINK that means? Somehow only the brown people will be impacted?
Or someone is actually FOLLOWING THE LAW (to the letter, optics be damned). What the Vet needs is something else, maybe from the federal level, something that proves he's Naturalized (in part because of his time living here or because of his service time). Let's hope that politics work, now that this is a story, now...
@@BigKandRtv So, liberal state values showing worth once again. I am a naturalized citizen who went thru honest process and so does him who was born in Canada and came to the US when he was a child who had stupid parents who didn't apply him for citizenship when they became naturalized thinking that it would be automatic for him to become a citizen. Liberalism is impedement to intellectual capacity to use. The problem with this man is he cannot accept the fact that he is not a citizen. As per video, all his DL from liberal States were "temporary" with different codes. Then TN busted him when he applied for the "real one" because all he got from other different states were for "non-citizen" DL. He could not provide citizenship as a requirement for the "real ID". When i applied for my DL, i had to bring my "naturalized citizenship certificate" given after the oath taking. He should have that "certiticate" if his parents applied him for citizenship or would have the record with Immigration office. Liberal mentality lacks common sense like you. All liberal mentality wants are short cuts process in everything.
@@charliegruchy530 Access to the courts doesn't require citizenship. From the 14th Amendment: "...nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law..." Note the use of the word "person", not "citizen". "Citizen" is used in other places in the same section of the same amendment to describe other rights, so those who wrote the amendment clearly knew the difference and used "person" in this case. That said... The state enjoys sovereign immunity, and doesn't have to permit you to sue it.
@@charliegruchy530 LMAO! Stupid beyond belief. He is recognized a citizen by federal authority. That has been established. It is the state that is denying his status.
The irony is that a) he is a native US citizen, and b) on joining the US military he lost his Canadian citizenship. He is solely an American citizen. His Canadian birth certificate also proves he is American and at birth he was a dual national.
Bureaucrats and businesses in the UK have a saying when made to apologise for harming people; "lessons have been learned". Then they carry right on and it keeps happening
@allantakiari1822 It's the Tennessee State government giving him trouble, not the Federal government. It doesn't matter where Tennessee is located. Use some critical thinking, jesus!
So, Tennessee thinks that if a US soldier is stationed overseas with their family, and they have a baby while there, that the child isn't a US citizen? Wrong!
According to Tennessee law. In fact, according to Tennessee law, if he had been born in Paris while his parents were on vacation there, he is not a citizen. It's ridiculous that Tennessee thinks it's puny state law supersedes federal law and the constitution.
@@nunyabiznez6381 Tennessee has no say in US citizenship. That's up to the fed. And federal law supersedes state law. At most, Tennessee could refuse to recognize his residency in that state, but even that likely wouldn't stand up in court if challenged.
Thank goodness, all you veterans are coming forward on the news, to make sure everyone is aware of what our government does to people who serve for them after the serving is over. I hope they will take care of all of you guys and women who served who were not originally citizens, but definitely were after you served the government!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE❤❤❤
The new license is a joke. I have lived in my county in the same house for 25 years. Renewed my license, and paid taxes in same county for all those years. Went to the DMV to get the new ID, and they had my record there in there computer. They told me I had to bring in bills with my name, and other papers to prove I have been in the US. Even though I was born in IL. I told them it was unbelievable.
Not really, they just want proof from the US government that he is citizen, non citizens can serve in the military.....right now local government are requiring the federal government to determine citizenship, they are not relying on their interpretation of the Federal law anymore.....his case is easy to rectify, he needs to apply for Certificate of Citizenship(N600) from the USCIS pay the fee about 1500 with the required supporting documentations, it takes about a year or unless he request an expedited review due to a hardship........or if the agency understands Federal law and recognize him as a citizen.....this is not unusual, they are people being denied social security too because they cannot prove being a US citizen even when they worked here for 40 years ...... Agencies do not want to determine who is a citizen anymore based on the law they want the federal government to do it....this happens at lot especially with Canadians, since they can travel into the US and stay unlimited......
@@createinmeacleanheartohgod6871 "Immigrants are poisoning the blood of our nation!" What did you THINK trump meant by that? Are you learning a lesson today?
@@angelabowman1072 This isn't happening under Trumps leadership. It's happening under Biden's leadership. The tyrant that tried to force a drug on every human in the USA regardless of age, pregnancy, or health status in 2020. I'll NEVER forget that! I'll NEVER forgive it. He was probably targeted by the tyrant because of his Trump flag.
Imagine the implications for all of the illegal immigrants who have lived here (illegally) their whole lives. This is a tactic . . I don't know how this will play out but, I can tell you, this will be used to outrage the population so as to pass laws granting citizenship to all of those illegal immigrants that have poured into the country recently. I guarantee it.
This is absolutely heartbreaking!!! He was Citizen enough to serve our country, but not to get his driver’s license??? This country is in shambles & there’s coming a payday when everyone will stand before Jesus Christ & have to give an account for their actions!!! Lord bless you sir for your Service to our country! You deserve better treatment, respect & honor for your Service to this country!!!! 😢🙏💓
Me too. And now we we can add COVID to the list of Government excuses to take away our liberties and freedoms. Wait till you have to deal with ineptness of IdME to log into Gov web sites.
Why are you tired of 9-11 being blamed for security procedures that were put in place because of the events that took place on 9-11? Do you think we don't need those procedures anymore since it was 20-years ago? Maybe you are just disappointed that 20-years after 9-11 we are still finding people in this country who may not be here legally?
@@markreynolds9888It's pretty obvious they aren’t saying there shouldn't be security, but that claiming 9/11 is the reason for things like this is nonsense.
My father found he was not a US citizen when he was almost 80. He was appalled, he had a social security card, a passport and a DL. He flew B29s in the Pacific during WW2. He had always thought that he was naturalized on his parent’s record. But they didn’t become citizens until after he was an adult. I was working on it when he was killed in a car accident.
@@chadrowe8452 What you believe is not important. The law is. I am Canadian, I worked in California 3 years, and of course I paid US taxes. That's the law. Not because you don't know it that it doesn't exist.
@@chadrowe8452 Have you heard of Google? Try it. You can find stuff and learn instead of being ignorant all your life. _"Resident aliens legally work and live in the U.S. and may owe U.S. tax on all of their income. A nonresident alien who earns income from U.S. sources must file a return and pay taxes to the IRS."_
@@mrowyug5844 just hire an immigration attorney who will go over your concerns, paperwork and he will proceed on your behalf to resolve the situation. Pretty simple to hire a lawyer. You can find them online or the yellow pages, which is a phone book.
A person born outside the United States to at least one U.S. citizen parent may be a U.S. citizen at birth depending on the law in effect at the time of birth. For example, the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) states that a person born abroad to two U.S. citizen parents acquires citizenship at birth if at least one parent lived in the U.S. before the person's birth. The Child Citizenship Act (CCA) of 2001 also states that a child under 18 born outside the U.S. to at least one U.S. citizen parent automatically becomes a U.S. citizen when they enter the country as an immigrant.
@blazeroranger Damn straight, this IS Biden's America, and it WILL STAY Biden's America. 😉 But this happened in MAGA Tennessee, Boris. You know, the American-hating, veteran-loathing, fascist loving MAGA. You know them well.
A lady at Social Security Administration told me that I have to prove I'm an American Citizen before I can get Medicare thru my wife. It's amazing that our government is playing these games
I had a co-worker at the Univ of Cal who had the same thing happen. When he went to get a passport to visit his dying mother in the Philippians, he was told he was not a citizen. His naval military record had been lost and he had no proof he had served. After wrangling with the navy with no luck, he contacted his Congressman and Senator. They were able to clear his record and secure his citizenship. Sadly his mother had already died.
@@denniskumabe734 a lot of VA records (including military discharges) were lost in a fire in 1973. They can figure out if someone was a veteran, but it takes time, energy, and a lot of focus to do that.
I was born overseas - I have a state dept registration stating that I'm an American Citizen born overseas. THAT"S what he needs. I've had to keep that paper all my life.
