Galen Rupp might soon be the US's #2 marathoner - Feyisa Lelisa is now living in the US

celery wrote:

hahaha. Who needs to own land when you have a military base? I would much rather have a military base.

Land ownership is dependent on the government letting you keep it as long as you pay your taxes. Keeping a military base depends on "f--- you, try to move me."

I think you're missing the point.

born in Germany wrote:

celery wrote:

hahaha. Who needs to own land when you have a military base? I would much rather have a military base.

Land ownership is dependent on the government letting you keep it as long as you pay your taxes. Keeping a military base depends on "f--- you, try to move me."

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Who owns the US Embassy in Germany?

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born in Germany wrote:

celery wrote:

hahaha. Who needs to own land when you have a military base? I would much rather have a military base.

Land ownership is dependent on the government letting you keep it as long as you pay your taxes. Keeping a military base depends on "f--- you, try to move me."

I think you're missing the point.

I know I'm not on the point. But arguing over land ownership vs military occupation just made me chuckle.

I don't know if Frank Shorter's father was a citizen at the time of Frank's birth, but he (the father) was serving in the US army, so either way, that must have given Frank the legal criteria to be a US citizen.

I know that US citizenship is base on EITHER being born on US soil, or having parents that are citizens. I don't know the intricacies of the law, but I would suspect that being born on a US military base, territory, US embassy, etc. would be considered being "born on American soil

Or he could join the army. Takes 12 weeks to get citizenship for military members. Then go to the Army World Class Athlete Program. HOOAH!

Citizenship experts, how long will it take for him to switch to US citizenship? I assume he'll be in line for expedited citizenship since it's pretty clear he could be killed if he returned home.

Any asylum claim by this person is 100% fraudulent since the law requires that the asylum request be made to the first safe country reached by the petitioner. Assuming he would have been in any danger in Ethiopia -- which is laughable -- he was perfectly safe in Brazil, so he could have sought assistance from the Brazilians. Ooooo but then he'd actually have to work and couldn't cash in on his medal.

What this is really all about is a cynical ploy by someone who wants to game the immigration system to get rich -- not even immigrate and become an American -- but scam the law to get in, cash in, and live like a famous American millionaire athlete.

By the way, this guy seemed to just materialize out of nowhere to claim Olympic silver much the style of obvious doper Almaz Ayana, so maybe the scam started way before the stupid throwing of gang signs in the finish corral.

This system is rotten kids - vote Trump, lets clear 'em out and start something new.

He is telling the press that he is not seeking asylum, that he will spend the next few months training out West where the altitude is higher, while he figures out what is best for him and his family.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/09/feyisa-lilesa-seeking-asylum-160913052105440.html

redux wrote:

In Satan's name, please shut up! What makes you think he needs to run for the USA in the 2020 Olympics?

He can make a mint running road races in the USA and internationally with whatever his citizenship is.

The real issue is getting his family out of the hell hole.

You think Ethiopia will put him on their team with him living in the US and protesting the Ethiopian government?

USATF Rulez wrote:

Jibberish wrote:

Uhm. The USATF didn't know that Lagat was a citizen because only Nike and his agent knew his status. If his US citizenship status had been revealed he would have been ineligible yo run for Kenya in 2004. Lagat and his handlers chose to defraud the IAAF and the IOC.

WRONG. Get your facts straight, bigoted fool.

How is it that American citizen David Torrence defrauded the IAAF and IOC to compete for Peru? How about still-an-American Alexi Pappas running for Greece? How about the American basketball players who play for other countries during the Olympics?

No, he's right and you're wrong. Everything David Torrence did was above board. He is a citizen of the USA and Peru. Both the USA and Peru allow dual citizenship. Torrence is a citizen of both countries now and met all criteria to compete for Peru at the 2016 Olympics.

Kenya on the other hand does not allow dual citizenship. As soon as Lagat became an American citizen, he was no longer a citizen of Kenya. Therefore, he was ineligible to compete for Kenya at the 2004 Olympics. He kept the fact the he was an American citizen hidden so he could compete in Athens. There was a delay before he would have been eligible to compete for the USA, that's why he couldn't participate in 2005 Worlds.