> I came across this British news article yesterday:
>
> Britain won't deport 80-year-old U.S. woman in Scotland
> (http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/4910798.html)
>
> EDINBURGH, Scotland — A U.S.-born woman who faced deportation
> from Scotland despite living there for 78 years said today she will be
> allowed to stay in Britain.
>
>
> And then I came across this US news article today:
>
> Ex-SoCal councilwoman could be deported (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/2-
> 0070624/ap_on_re_us/councilwoman_deportation;_ylt=AlnuSfC127P8wtDgZSq-
> 69EwDW7oF)
>
> LOS ANGELES - All of her life, [40-year-old] Zoila Meyer believed she
> was an American. She even won election to the City Council of
> Adelanto. But now she is facing a threat of deportation for illegally
> voting, because she never became a citizen after being brought to this
> country from Cuba when she was 1 year old.
>
>
> Their situations aren't identical, but similar enough that it is
> interesting how differently they're being dealt with by the
> governments involved. Although, the American/Scottish woman does have
> a 40-year edge on the Cuban/American woman -- which is probably why
> she's being allowed to stay, was not handcuffed or put in jail, and is
> actually being refunded the £750 she paid for her naturalization
> application.
>
> ~ Jenney
Its a little too early to draw comparisons.
The first story started exactly the same way - a threat of deportation.
The second story has the same threat of deportation.
The only comparison I can draw to date is one has been resolved, the
other has yet to be ;)
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