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| Leeland Davidson |
The 95-year-old recently discovered that he's not actually a legal U.S. citizen after being turned down for an enhanced driver's license he needed to visit relatives in Canada, according to Yahoo. As it turns out, Davidson is really a Canadian.
The Navy vet knew he was born in 1916 in British Columbia, but always assumed he was a U.S. citizen because his parents were. It turns out that's not the case.
Davidson's on a mission to prove he's an American. "I want it squared away before I passed away," he told KOMO.
His father was born in Iowa in 1878, just two years before they began issuing birth certificates. As a result it's been near impossible for him to prove his citizenship.
"We keep telling him, leave it alone, leave it alone, and he won't, like a dog with a bone," Rose Schoolcraft, Davidson's daughter, told TDN.com.
But the point seems to be moot. It seems Davidson's service makes him eligible for naturalization.
In 2002 President Bush signed an executive order authorizing all noncitizens who served in the U.S. armed forces on or after Sept. 11, 2001, or who as veterans served in certain past wars and conflicts, to be eligible for becoming citizens.
Davidson greeted the news cheerfully Tuesday, ready to naturalize.
"I don't know why it would be too late," he said.
Sources: http://www.huffingtonpost.com
