Has he VOTED? WHY would you allow that to happen, and for WHAT reason? He's a foreign "visitor" for 53 years, and didn't think it a good idea to become a Citizen of the Country that he chose to live in, and partake of the BENEFIT of residing in, living in, working in, and using public facilities that were PAID FOR AND DIED-FOR by Citizens?
You need to think about YOUR role, here, too.
Perhaps he was just as happy being a legal resident?
Don’t need to have those citizenship papers to have
love for this country and be loyal to it.
Wow, look at all the pile on. Lets take on these questions one by one. The idiocy here is breathtaking. Re: my father who has been here for 53 years and is not a citizen:
Has he ever voted: No, that is illegal. Do I think he or any other non-citizen should be able to vote: No. Only citizens should be able to vote.
As to “partaking of the benefit of residing in, working in, blah blah blah”... well my friend, my father has been a taxpaying resident of this country for those 53 years. He himself served in the U.S. Army, and raised two sons who served as U.S. Air Force Officers. He has chosen to remain a citizen of his own country for these years for a very particular and personal reason (which is something I don’t really care to share on the internet). He has a green card, he fills out his paperwork every two years to stay here, and even though he is NOT a citizen, is probably a better “citizen” that most people born here.
I think the idea of non-citizens voting is ridiculous. My original post was aimed at the individual stating that the fact that there should be a “fix” if someone lived here for 13 years without being a citizen. I’m still waiting to hear what that “fix” is.