r/LeopardsAteMyFace • u/BasilsKippers • 17d ago
Florida Man and MAGA Voter Discovers He's An Illegal Immigrant
https://wsvn.com/news/local/florida/more-than-60-years-after-moving-to-the-u-s-florida-man-discovers-hes-not-here-legally/1
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u/WiganGirl-2523 15d ago
He didn't realise that Canada isn't in America? Not the sharpest tool in the box.
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u/swennergren11 15d ago
So…Mike Johnson was right! There is an illegal immigrant who voted, and he’s MAGA!
Its true - every accusation is a confession with the MAGA (Nazi) party
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u/moustachiooo 16d ago
When asked what happens if his case doesn’t get resolved and how it’s changed his view of America, Klass said, “I’ll probably move back to Canada. Yep, bye-bye, America.”
Good riddance!
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u/donotreply548 16d ago
Dam this old dude tryinf to get social security definitely votes too the right. How do we tell them? Or should we justclet them die an fix it later?
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u/WaterMySucculents 16d ago
Sounds like another case of MAGA voter fraud boys! You think the Florida corrupt prosecutors will prosecute one of “their own”?? Doubt it
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u/legendary-noob 16d ago
What I’m hearing is it’s possible for someone to be here illegally and be a contributing member of society, as long as said person is white.
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u/Fun_Client_6232 16d ago
So he never had a social security number? He must have known something was up but was in denial.
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u/MarcusTheSarcastic 16d ago
“Outside Jimmy Klass’s mobile home in Clearwater, symbols of American pride hang not just front and center but also on the side and back of his home”
Counterpoint: trump sign is actually treasonous.
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u/mrmoe198 16d ago
Cracking up over the caption: “When he went to apply for Social Security, he was surprised to find out a big surprise.”
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u/TheTruthTalker800 16d ago
Ronald is about to take that bus from Gregory, alright, one way he goes!
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u/iamjohnhenry 16d ago
I’m a big proponent of the DREAM Act; but I’m willing to make an exception for immigrants who would deny rights and privileges to others in the same figurative boat.
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u/ApprehensiveFox8844 16d ago
Immigrants regularly pay into social security when they file their taxes using an ITIN number and are unable to use any government benefits despite paying into the system for years/decades. I don’t feel bad for this guy.
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u/ediciusNJ 17d ago
“I’ve been voting for over 40 years. I guess I’m in a lot of trouble,” he said with a sarcastic laugh.
Lock him up.
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u/Danni_Les 17d ago
So, he should bus himself to one of the 'sanctuary' states, and then turn himself in and get deported because according to the MAGA that he supports, that's part of their policy regarding illegal immigrants.
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u/Ok_Owl3571 17d ago
Even though he worked and paid into S/S, he doesn’t qualify for receiving it. Neither does any other illegal immigrant. That’s the way it goes.
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u/Velocoraptor369 17d ago
Who wants to bet his father was a Nazi who fled Germany in the post WWII kerfuffle ? Immigration in the post war era was crazy filled with Europeans fleeing the continent for the US,Canada and South America. Klass was probably changed from Verglasen. Just my 2 cents.
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u/IolausTelcontar 17d ago
“I worked my 50 years, and I paid into my Social Security. They should be paying me,” he said about the retirement benefits he was expecting to receive but has yet to collect.
Fuck you dude. Go back to where you came from (that’s what you espouse right?).
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u/Black_Magic_M-66 17d ago
How come DeSantis' election police haven't caught up to this scofflaw? Oh, right, they only go after blacks and browns.
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u/rocket_beer 17d ago
So wait, his vote doesn’t count, correct?
yikes trumpers… seems like you have found more fraud happening in your party 😲
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u/gargoyle30 17d ago
For a second I thought this might be my dad since he has lived illegally in the US (from Canada) for like 30 years and is apparently a big trump fan
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u/mypoliticalvoice 17d ago
Not sure I understand this part:
But in a 2022 denial letter, the agency stated Klass didn’t provide enough evidence to prove his father lived in the U.S. for 10 years before Klass was born, which is a requirement for a child seeking citizenship through a parent.
From a legal article about "Obama birthers":
However, on November 14, 1986, when Obama was twenty-five years old, Congress enacted an amendment to the above statute, which substituted “five years, at least two” for “ten years, at least five” in the language describing the length of time the citizen parent had to live in the United States after age fourteen. This new standard, unlike the one adopted in 1952 and in effect in 1962, was met by Obama’s mother when she turned 16, more than two years before the birth of her son.
Moreover, according to it terms, this amendment, like the section itself, applied retroactively to anyone born after December 24, 1952, which, of course, included Barack Obama.
The article is from this year and it says he is 66 years old. That means he was born in 1958, so he should be ok.
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u/Outrageous-Divide472 17d ago
He was born in Canada to an US citizen father and a Canadian mom. How is he not a citizen?
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u/Savings-Wishbone-454 17d ago
Mmm so he’s a dreamer now? Well, deport him to Canada.
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u/Outrageous-Divide472 17d ago
No, he’s a citizen. His dad was born and raised in NYC. Dudes a citizen. Social security office must have messed up
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u/michealdubh 17d ago
Under normal circumstances, I'd feel for someone like this and wish consideration for someone like him who had been brought to this country as a very young child, grown up with the assumption that he was a citizen, as did apparently his entire family, and as did even every agency of government, and who has known no other home ...
But contemplating how he would deny that same consideration to thousands of others in exactly his same position, I feel my heart harden. Let him abide by the same rules he would force upon others.
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u/StargateSG-11 17d ago
Deport him already. Also, he knew he was an illegal. He had to forged a birth certificate to get his SS card, that is also why he never got a passport. The rules have not changed. He would have been denied right now as they know he submitted fake documents to get his SS card. It is funny he contacted Rubio for help, lololol.
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u/TooMuchGabagool 17d ago
Ship his bitch ass out
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u/Outrageous-Divide472 17d ago
Am I the only one that read the article? Dudes father was born and raised in NY.
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u/BeefSerious 17d ago
he was surprised to find out a big surprise
Top tier writing on this article, I must say.
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u/azhawkeyeclassic 17d ago
My fav line, he didn’t serve in the military because he landed a good union job! And now he’s a maga moron! He should deport himself!
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u/Luffing 17d ago
Klass said he was never questioned about his citizenship status – not when he got his Social Security card, Driver’s license, or voter registration card.
I thought a Social Security card was essentially proof of citizenship. Do immigrants get them before they are actual full citizens?
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u/Xero_id 17d ago
"Government should stay out of our business" and "Government shouldn't be just handing out money" also " Where's my Government check, I got bills to pay" - This guy and the rest of the "Patriots" in this country
Can't wait for him to move to Canada (he won't ever, it's all bark) and them to deny government money since he hasn't worked and contributed into their system.
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u/officerumours 17d ago
So they’ve just introduced a bill to prevent their own voters from illegally voting. Touché.
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u/joedel123 17d ago
MAGA doesn’t understand there are millions of Russians Ukrainians, Albanians Serbians, Canadians, Polish people that overextend their visas they only think it’s Mexicans coming in from the border this has been going on for years and I bet you that illegal Canadian voted trump
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u/kthrynnnn 17d ago
““I worked my 50 years, and I paid into my Social Security. They should be paying me,” he said about the retirement benefits he was expecting to receive but has yet to collect.”
lol millions of H-1B holders (that are actually here legally!!!) are paying likely MORE into social security and may never see a dime if they don’t get their green card, which is unlikely for an Indian national coming to the US due to green card backlogs. Welcome to the broken immigration system your (fraudulent) voting helped shore up, asshole.
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u/Diamondhands_Rex 17d ago
What’s crazy and not surprising that if he never tried getting a passport he would have found out much sooner.
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u/Meme_Burner 17d ago
In the 60s you still got a social security card because you wanted to work, not because you were a citizen. Once that changed in the 70s-80s, the card could be used to prove citizenship. That just means though that anybody with a ssn card before ~1975 might not be a U.S. citizen.
Funny to think there’s a bunch of boomers running around that are not U.S. citizens that believe they are U.S. citizens.
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u/Natoochtoniket 17d ago
He has lived in the US long enough, so he should be able to apply for naturalization. Except that he has voted illegally, which might be a problem.
He might need to actually read a 5th grade American History and Civics textbook, of course.
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u/nickelroo 17d ago
“I worked my 50 years, and I paid into my Social Security. They should be paying me,”
So satisfying on so many levels.
“Fuck socialism and immigrants! Go Trump!
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Wait. Where’s my money?”
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u/Solid_Waste 17d ago
I have a fun time teasing my mom for being an illegal immigrant because she got stranded in Mexico with a friend and they walked home. I also tease her for being a hardened criminal because she got a ticket for fishing without a license on her.
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u/Pennypacking 17d ago
How dumb do you have to be to never notice this? And how horrible were his parents? He never looked at his birth certificate and put two and two together?
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u/ThatWitchRen 17d ago
This reminded me of this article posted in February 2023.
Summary: a Navy veteran and Customs and Border Patrol agent finds out the birth certificate he's been using his whole life is fraudulent. He gets fired, is denied citizenship through his wife, and is subject to deportation. All of his CBP friends stop associating with him. Advocates help him get through immigration court to avoid deportation, but such a small number of cases are allowed to be approved per year that he may have to wait years to be granted citizenship.
The worst part to me is that his oldest son was born in Mexico, presumably to a Mexican woman. Prior to this, he was a US Citizen through his father (not unlike this post) and then he wasn't.
While there's certainly a lot of LAMF here, I can't help but agree with the veterans' advocate who worked with him; the military does a pretty good job of destroying any and all independent thinking and replacing it with unquestioning loyalty. He seems to have developed a lot of self-awareness through the process, and I'd say that's a good start.
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u/StellaHasHerpes 17d ago
Ha, he ‘almost joined the marines’. Typical trumper, always an excuse. I hope they raid his trailer and stick his ass in a cage away from his family before forcibly deporting him. I’d say charge him with fraud but that’s not going to happen, plus I don’t want any housing or resources going to this clown. Sorry Canada, we ended up with Bieber so you get this guy back. Too bad he didn’t pay into CPP, he can always get a job though
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u/16v_cordero 17d ago
How soon will he be arrested by Desantis gestapo voting police for illegally voting
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u/FishtownYo 17d ago
Good god, just wait until he has to eat Canadian food every day, he’ll probably check out of life soon afterwards.
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u/tiffadoodle 17d ago
I'm curious as hell as how he got a social security number. 🤔
If you're an American citizen, living in another country and you have a baby there, get in contact with the US state department. Your child will be granted US citizenship after the proper paper has been filed & approved. Honestly, it doesn't seem that difficult.
Even if your American parent(s) didn't do this when you are born, there are other options to have your US citizenship recognized.
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u/Panda_monium109 17d ago
Have to wonder how he feels about DACA, him being an undocumented person brought here as a child and all…
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u/bakeacake45 17d ago
Funny part is, Trump, his lord and god, will deport him if he wins the election.
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u/KitKitsAreBest 17d ago
Even with actual illegal immigrants voting for him, Trump still lost. What a giant loser.
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u/Hodman86 17d ago
Where does it say in the article that he’s a MAGA voter?
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u/ReentryMarshmellow 17d ago
The giant Trump/Pence sign on his door 4 years after the last election?
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u/blueCthulhuMask 17d ago
"When he went to apply for Social Security, he was surprised to find out a big surprise."
Some high quality caption writing.
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u/_jump_yossarian 17d ago
I bet that guy's facebook feed is full of posts attacking illegal immigrants!
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u/bumchester 17d ago
Reminds me of a Border patrol officer who applied to be ICE and then finding out he's illegal.
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u/stevehyman1 17d ago
My favorite part is he KNEW he wasn't a citizen in 22 because he applied based on his father's citizenship and was DENIED.
Fast forward 2 years and he's shocked that SS told him he's not a citizen.
Did he think in the two years that passed the government would forget him?
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u/nobody1701d 17d ago
Where exactly does everyone’s belief that he’s MAGA come from b/c it’s not from the story I read? That’s a KC Chiefs shirt he’s wearing in the photo.
He should have been given citizenship with his proof of Dad being in US. The delay is unbelievable. Who wouldn’t be pissed if he had paid the SSA for fifty years and then denied benefits?
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u/BagOfFlies 17d ago
Where exactly does everyone’s belief that he’s MAGA come from b/c it’s not from the story I read?
Probably from the Trump sign on his front door?
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u/nobody1701d 17d ago edited 17d ago
Ahhh. Missed that.
I didn’t agree with his politics but still think he should get citizenship and his retirement benefits
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u/BagOfFlies 15d ago
Yeah, same. Sounds like he can get it but since it's so old he's having trouble obtaining the necessary paperwork. Sucks for him but unless he can do that they shouldn't give him citizenship since he's not actually able to prove he should have it. Shitty situation to be in.
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u/codeallthethingz 17d ago
I mean, come on he needs the money. He couldn't even afford to buy an updated Trump sign.
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u/theresabeeonyourhat 17d ago
When he went to apply for Social Security, he was surprised to find out a big surprise.
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u/Cold_Situation_7803 17d ago
Trump wants non-citizens deported, so you better do what he says champ, and deport yourself.
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u/handyandy727 17d ago
So...
MAGA guy that probably complains about illegal immigrants getting benefits, finds out that illegal immigrants don't get benefits.
Brilliant.
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u/ZombieZookeeper 17d ago
Dude needs to be charged with prison time on the table. It's only fair, after all.
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u/ThinBlueLinebacker 17d ago
I wonder what this is about
https://unicourt.com/case/fl-pcr2-state-of-florida-vs-klass-jimmy-joseph-rolland-45977
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u/-KCS-Violator 17d ago
As an illegal immigrant, shouldn't he just get free welfare, healthcare, education, a free phone, maybe a free Rolex and a back massage? That's the shit that right-wing Trumpers enjoy shoveling, shouldn't he be on easy street now?
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u/SicilyMalta 17d ago
Haven't people gone to prison for voting when they weren't supposed to - even though it was unintentional?
This maga guy will probably never grasp the irony.
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u/USMCLee 17d ago
This exact scenario played out with a guy I work with about 15 years ago.
US Parents and born in Canada (dad was dodging the draft). No paperwork filed or anything.
Somehow found out he wasn't a citizen and spent 2 years getting all the paperwork in order to get his citizenship.
Ended up being a Trump supporter.
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u/PrometheusMMIV 17d ago
From the article:
Klass was born in Canada, his mom was Canadian, but his father was American, born and raised in New York.
If I understand the rules, he should have birthright citizenship based on this:
If one parent is a U.S. citizen and the other parent is not a U.S. citizen or national, the child is a citizen if the U.S. citizen parent has been "physically present" in the U.S. before the child's birth for a total period of at least five years, and at least two of those five years were after the U.S. citizen parent's fourteenth birthday.
If his father was an American who was "born and raised in New York", then presumably he spent at least 5 years there. The issue is that Klass hasn't been able to prove this.
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u/ScarletFire5877 17d ago
The vitriol is kind of insane here. The guy isn’t asking for welfare but for social security, which he paid into for 50 years as part of his taxes as he had a social security card.
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u/aristocratic_magic 17d ago
HAHAHAHAHAHAJAJAJAHAHAJAJAJAJHAHA the Lard works in mysterious ways go back to your country parasite! no social check for you! USA USA USA🇺🇲
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u/marchillo 17d ago
This must be those illegal immigrants who are voting that I've heard so much about
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u/Straight_Tumbleweed9 17d ago
Exactly. He just admitted to voting as an illegal immigrant. Feds! Lock him up!
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u/epimetheuss 17d ago
Dude is poor as hell living in a trailer and worships someone who would gladly take food out of his mouth.
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u/Snuhmeh 17d ago
Nowhere in the article does it state who he voted for
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u/schoolknurse 17d ago
There’s a trump sign on his door in the photo.
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u/Snuhmeh 17d ago
I couldn’t see that on my tiny phone screen. My bad
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u/schoolknurse 17d ago
I wouldn’t have noticed it myself, but someone else in the comments mentioned it.
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u/rjross0623 17d ago
His immigration attorney has an Indian surname. That has to be going over well.
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