Iraq war veteran may be denied citizenship (LA Times)

[pinto]

Iraq war veteran may be denied citizenship
By Anna Gorman, Los Angeles Times
April 26, 2010


Ekaterine Bautista holds a photograph of her taken in Iraq. She earned commendations during her years in the Army.
(Rick Loomis / LA Times / April 21, 2010)

Just five days before Ekaterine Bautista planned to become an American citizen, she got a call from the federal government: Her swearing-in ceremony had been canceled pending further investigation.

Bautista was devastated. An illegal immigrant from Mexico, she had served six years in the U.S. military — including a 13-month tour of duty in Iraq — and was eligible to apply for naturalization under a decades-old law.

But approval of her case depended on the discretion of citizenship officials. Bautista had served in the military under a false identity, that of her U.S. citizen aunt, Rosalia Guerra Morelos.

She passed the civics exam, completed all the paperwork and received a letter telling her to show up at the Los Angeles Convention Center on March 31. Then the call came.

"Yeah, I made a mistake," Bautista, 35, said. "But if you look back at my records, I never did anything wrong in the military. On the contrary."

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[FreakinDJ]

1. "Giving False Information" is 1 of the offenses INS does forgive

They have a ZERO tolerance policy for Immigration Fraud

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. They have a zero tolerance policy yet they DO forgive this offense?

Huh?

[FreakinDJ]

3. NEVER - not 1 case I am aware of

I think you and me have discussed immigration policy at length on more then 1 occasion.

Giving False Information to an immigration officer is 1 of the few infractions the INS has an absolute ZERO Tolerance Policy enforced upon. There have even been cases where Congressmen have attempted to intervene to no avail.

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. Go back and read your first post again

I think you left out a word.