NationStates Jolt Archive

So here is a 105-year-old man who just became a U.S. citizen who said it was worth the wait. He is a spry old codger who rides a scooter to the store to play the lottery, rolls his own cigars, drinks whiskey with friends, and has a girlfriend.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2007-06-30-citizen-105_N.htm?csp=34

Temprana got out at age 93, applied for a humanitarian visa and flew to Miami.

Once here, he worked to get his citizenship but fell short twice.

"I've wanted it since I was 8 or 10 years old," Temprana said.

And some of you want to give amnesty to those who cut in line? :mad:

And some of you want to give amnesty to those who cut in line?I'd prefer there was no line.

Bah. He was allowed to stay through a humanitarian visa for being a weapons smuggler (like most humanitarians) Why not give humanitarian visas to all those who have been there as long working hard and not smuggling weapons?

Bah. He was allowed to stay through a humanitarian visa for being a weapons smuggler (like most humanitarians) Why not give humanitarian visas to all those who have been there as long working hard and not smuggling weapons?

There we go. What he said.

Only 12 years to get citizenship, what a country.

:rolleyes:


Also:
Weapons smugglers get humanitarian visas and everyone else gets deported, wtf?

And some of you want to give amnesty to those who cut in line? :mad:

Or, I don't know, make the tests a bit easier so that it's not bloody impossible to pass the tests? You know something is screwed up when the majority of Americans can't pass a citizenship test. So, you know, waiting 12 years to become a citizen is a bit redunkulous. Make process simpler, faster, and easier.

But hey, that's down right rational.

He said it was "worth the wait," that doesn't mean he appreciated waiting or that the waiting is somehow justified.