"Patty Murray becomes voice of veterans care"
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RoseCovered Glasses said...
We have a military veteran friend who was honorably discharged during the Vietnam era. He served in the US Navy while having dual citizenship (Canadian/US). He was born in Canada and his family moved to New York when he was a child and became dual Canadian and US Citizens.After discharge my friend worked in the US for over 3 decades, paying US taxes and Social Security. When it came time to retire and apply for his pension he was informed that the US Department of Homeland Security had revoked his US citizenship and did not recognize his Canadian citizenship.The Social Security Administration will not begin his pension payments until his citizenship issue is resolved. He has been trying to work this matter through the VA, his local representatives in government (congressional level) and directly through the Social Security Office. No one seems to know what to do, who should take action and who has responsibility. The DHS will not reply to his inquiries. Any ideas?
November 4, 2007 9:46 PM
You would think that with all the talk about how important our veterans are they would never allow something like this to happen, but it happens too often.
This veteran served this nation, paid taxes and is not able to collect Social Security. The excuse in this case is Homeland Security. Why? Why would Homeland Security get involved in paying what this veteran earned?
I hope the veteran contacts this site so that we can get to the bottom of what happened or that RoseCovered Glasses will contact me with a name. Until then, maybe it would be a good idea for RoseCovered Glasses to contact the following. There isn't much that can be done without a name or a story to go with it.
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UPDATE:
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Tony Rose and he is a feature writer at "Rose Covered Glasses".
http://www.rosecoveredglasses.blogspot.com/
TONY GREW UP IN DETROIT FOR MANY YEARS AND MOVED AROUND THE COUNTRY. HE SPENT HIS LAST FEW YEARS IN MINNESOTA AND IS PRESENTLY A RESIDENT AT THE MINNESOTA VETERAN'S HOME IN HASTINGS MINNESOTA, REPRESENTED BY AMY KLOBUCHAR, WHO HAS BEEN CONTACTED BUT HAS NOT TAKEN ACTION.
TONY WAS IN NAVAL AVIATION AND SERVED IN SEVERAL UNITS STATESIDE AND IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. HE WAS AN AMPHIBOUS AIR CRAFT TENDE.
HE ONCE LIVED IN TORONTO AND HAS RELATIVES THERE.
Methinks there is more to this story than has been presented. I cannot see how DHS, as evil and undemocratic and organization it is, has anything to do with citizenship.
ReplyDeleteThere is always more to a story but unless it's posted, no one will ever know what it is. As much information that comes in, will be posted on this. If it happens to one, it is happening to more people. If it's not happening, then something else did.
ReplyDeleteWe have determined that Mr. Rose's name was caught up in the Homeland
ReplyDeleteSecurity "Trailblazer" Software, a system upon which billions was spent and which received tremendous notoriety for evesdropping on citizens (Features in major national news magazines).
The system was determined to be so defunct that it was abandoned.
A data base was transferred to the Social Secrity Administration who has frozen all applications for benefits and unfreezes them only when Homeland security approves.
We cannot get any response from Homeland Security. Immigration will not take action until HS does.
Homeland security will not take action until Immigration does.
Our congressional representatives fear to take on Homeland Security and Immigration during an election year. We have visited them directly and they shake their heads and pass the buck.
In the meantime Mr. Rose is entering his 67th year without social secuurity.
Thank you for the update and all your work. This is really unacceptable. Our elected officials are supposed to be able to take care of the people in this country no matter who is up for election. We do not stop being in need because the timing is inconvenient for them. Veterans do not suddenly stop needing to be helped because someone needs campaign contributions. What's the point of them getting into office if they will not take care of their jobs all the time they are on those jobs?
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