-He has a British passport.
-He’s worked in the US illegally.
-He has a criminal history and lied about it on his immigration paperwork.
-He abandoned his citizenship application by leaving the country without filing an I-131.
http://www.lewistownsentinel.com/news/local-news/2015/08/migrant-mix-up/
And that’s just what we know about. There’s a reason the Congressional offices are playing ‘hot potato’ with this one.
Thanks. That link was quite informative. Sounds like a case of sucks-to-be-you for Mr. K.
Reading your article, it reads like he is a victim of a bureaucratic nightmare. He has been told, repeatedly, by ill-informed US cogs, the wrong information. And while I agree that this is ridiculous, I also agree with another poster that this will be the first of many, many, stories to convince us how horrible these poor immigrant kids have it.
-He has a British passport.
Kingdon applied for a U.S. passport and was asked to supply additional paperwork regarding his mother’s residence history.
When Kingdon explained the urgency of needing a passport, he was told he was a U.S. citizen, but that more paperwork was needed.
He was told he could get a British passport, since he was born there.
-He’s worked in the US illegally.
“The lady told me that as long as one or more parent was a United States citizen at the time of his birth, then he is a United States citizen,” she said. “She argued with me that he was definitely a citizen and there was no question.”
Grant applied for a Social Security card for Kingdon and received it on April 29, 1979. She also obtained health and dental insurance for Kingdon.
-He has a criminal history and lied about it on his immigration paperwork.
Kingdon made the trip, and on June 15, was stopped at the airport when he tried to come back home. His ESTA had been revoked.
One of the questions on the ESTA application was, “Have you ever been convicted of a crime involving major property or government property damage?”
In 1997, Kingdon had been convicted of a misdemeanor offense for receiving stolen property.
...Kingdon said he did not think the misdemeanor was considered “criminal,” and therefore answered “no.”
Granted, I will give this one... not matter how much of a stretch.
-He abandoned his citizenship application by leaving the country without filing an I-131.
Concerned about what would happen to him when he travelled again, he asked the official if he would face any problems travelling with the ESTA. Kingdon was told he would be fine.
At his appointment for the visa, he was told that, because he has a residence in the U.S., that means he wishes to live there permanently and therefore he cannot be given a non-immigrant visa,...