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Naturalized citizen wants to give up life in U.S.: 'Please deport me'

Article by: JAMES ELI SHIFFER , Star Tribune
Updated: May 26, 2010 - 10:07 AM

Guillermo Gonzalez's prison term ended in March and he's willing to trade his citizenship and welfare checks, but the U.S. says no.

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AndyL51May. 26, 10 8:26 AM

Here we have another fine example of our government bureaucrats exhibiting their insight and wisdom, pathetic.

jollyrogerMay. 26, 10 8:32 AM

Let's see. Nope. My give-a-damn's busted.

dymomanMay. 26, 10 8:38 AM

I bet he forgot to offer the citizenship back while he was cashing bad checks. Sorry, I DON'T care about his problems. Not at all!

jablumpkinMay. 26, 10 8:49 AM

Some manual labor would ease my tax burden.

idontgetitMay. 26, 10 8:57 AM

cashing bad checks 20 years ago... buy him his damn plane ticket back, it's cheaper for us, it's better for him, and it's the moral thing to do. black + white.

frankiex3May. 26, 10 9:01 AM

he is making more than me and I have a home and a family to pay for. I love my country . . . And, I have never committed anything other than a traffic offense. How sweet it is.

cpsadpMay. 26, 10 9:01 AM

i'd like a free trip to the dominican, too. oh, wait...i pay my taxes and i'm not a criminal. guess i don't qualify for that, or for $1600/month in benefits, either. oh, but i DO get to pay for them for other people. yay me.

samueldyerMay. 26, 10 9:06 AM

are government programs still available to convicted felons? shouldn't they be prohibited from such programs?

btigheMay. 26, 10 9:08 AM

Take the man up on his offer - rescind his citizenship and send him home. In the long run it'll probably save the US hundreds of thousands of dollars. Are we so hateful and stupid that we can't see the sense it that?

Mister_EMay. 26, 10 9:11 AM

Lest we forget, before he was a criminal ... he was a hero.

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