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Can one receive American citizenship after being released from American prison and then getting deported?
So my uncle has completed his sentence of nearly 21 years within a U.S. prison. The issue now is that he is going to be deported back to Portugal. That was where he was born and has citizenship. He does not have American citizenship so to my knowledge the protocol is to have him deported after he gets released from prison. My main gripe or confusion has to do with the fact that his lack of citizenship was not addressed 20 years ago so either he could have served his time in Portugal or something could have been worked out. If anyone could help me understand the way this type of situation works or things that can be done if anything at all.
Thank you for your time.
5 Answers
- Anonymous7 years agoFavorite Answer
21 years in prison pretty much meant he was never going to be allowed citizenship. While he was in jail he could not apply for it so being a US citizen was out of the question. He was a Portuguese citizen (no confusion about his citizenship) who was convicted in the US. Pretty straight forward. He would not have been sent to Portugal to do his time. You serve in the country you commit the crime. There was nothing to work out. He's just a foreigner who was sent to jail. He's served his time and now the authorities will put him on the first plane home.
- Anonymous7 years ago
No a Alien national in Prison in the US will be deported from the US upon release with a lifetime ban on returning. Why woudl they give US Citizenship to a foreign Felon.
- MaxiLv 77 years ago
21 yrs in prison anywhere in the world will never get him citizenship of another country, deportation means he will never get back to the USA even for a visit and he is unlikely to go anywhere else in his lifetime that requires him to apply for a visa as he will not get a visa to do so........
- Anonymous7 years ago
of course not ...you will never return to the US
you pay for the crime in the country you commit the crime in
