Has anyone ever defected from the United States and why?
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Yes, people who have done so normally are considered Traitors-Many young men did this during war, as in defecting to Canada, to avoid being drafted, etc. \n\nHere is one that did defect:)\n\nEdward Lee Howard (1951 - 2002) was a CIA case offficer who defected to the Soviet Union.\n\nHe was hired by the CIA in 1980 and was later joined by his wife, Mary, where they were both trained in intelligence and counter-intelligence methods. Shortly after the end of their training and before going on their first assignment, a routine polygraph test indicated that he had lied about past drug use, and he was dismissed from the CIA in 1982 for not having disclosed illegal drug use in the 1970s.\n\nDisgruntled over the perceived unfairness of having been dismissed over accusations of drug use, petty theft and deception, he abused alcohol and while drunk uncovered his CIA contact in the American Embassy in Moscow through an angry phone call over a KGB-tapped line.\n\nIn 1985, the CIA was being shaken by several security leaks that led to exposure of agents and assets. In the investigation of these leaks, a KGB defector Vitaly Yurchenko and a CIA case officer Aldrich Ames marked Howard as a possible traitor. While living in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Howard used his CIA training to evade the FBI and fled the US for Russia before he could be arrested. He spent most of the rest of his life there. He died in 2002 at his Russian dacha from a broken neck. Cursory investigation of the cause of his death has been inconclusive, with an accident, suicide or murder being the possible causes.\n\nThe fact that shortly after Howard's flight, Yurchenko re-defected to Russia, and Ames was convicted (in 1994) of spying for the USSR cast doubts on some aspects of what intelligence Howard disclosed to the Soviets.\nRetrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Lee_Howard"\n\nCategories: 1951 births | 2002 deaths
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No-My family have been here before it was a country called  United States of America.\n\nWe invited some. Others we didn't. They came in sneekingly.
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Ran away from home when I was a kid, I didn't get far as I lived on an Army Base in Belize and the guards wouldn't let me escape...just as well really, how I was going to get back to England to live with my grandparents (which was the plan) is beyond me as I had no money and they lived 50000 miles away!!
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I would highly recommend that you go visit india for an extended time and make sure that is what you want to do before you set things in motion on a more permanent basis.\n\nI just want to clarify that an American does NOT automatically lose their american citizen if they become a citizen of another country.  The only way this happens is if you go to embassy and sign away your rights by consciously choosing to renounce your american citizenship.\n\nDual citizenship is allowed, but not encouraged.\nThe exception to this is when a person from ANOTHER country becomes a citizen of the U.S.  As part of the oath, there is a phrase renouncing previous citizenship.  However, this is no longer enforced, for a variety of reasons, even though it is still on the books.\n\nI lost all my links, but I will post the link to this information as soon as I locate it.\n\nP.S. ... while it is legal to have dual citizenship, it can create some problems and hassles, too, post 9/11 ... just be prepared.
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Not at the current time, however come then end of 2006  you will need one it you travel via air or sea to Canada or Mexico.  The end of 2007 all ways of travel into Canada and Mexico you will need one.  Check site below!   It would be better for you to have one any way to cross, less hassle.  As one poster stated, its easy to cross over into Canada, but coming back across to America, its harder for an American to regain entry then one from another country trying to get in.   The custom people here in the states will allow terrorist, murderers, etc to come into the USA, but give a true American citizen a hard time.   Retire military get treated like crap, I know I was drilled when I came back from a visit to friends in Canada.  Spend the money now on a passport, use it both crossing over to Canada and especially coming back to the United States.
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Your question is a bit vague.........where did you commit the crime, in the US or else where, where would you be coming from to enter the states, etc.?
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no because i been that country before
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my passport, with my previous US & UK, Spain, France visa stamps. barely managed to get a new one on time, but US did not give me a visa because it showed i had no prior visa stamps on my passport and that i had just got a duplicate passport made. \n\ni could only go meet my fiancee after one whole year because of this.\n\nthings soured in the interim due to the distance and shortly after reaching US we broke up. i am still single.
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Yes, It happened to me 17 years ago, I left my country to move Here USA , it is nothing wrong to experience and expand your horizon, it is about LIFE, Now if you are moving because you are escaping from your problems, it is not a good idea, because you are going to carry them with you. what i try to say is ask your self what is your GOAL or GOALS, and then go for it...\nremember:\n "Your goals, minus your doubts, equal your reality."\nP.S.: you also have to work over there you know? He He.\nBest of Luck to you in your new adventure!!!
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NO - They violated laws and took short cuts\nWe need Honest Americans
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At one point I lived in Germany for 2 1/2 years,and quite frankly I found it most agreable. Mostly I just liked the way most people seemed to actually stay out of other peoples business when their input wasn't required. It wasn't a thing where they didn't care though like it is in the US they just seemed to know basic boundaries,and I loved the all around atmosphere and I never met a nicer group of people to tell the truth,hard to believe they started two major wars in one century,lol. Anyway I guess that would be my first choice.
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cgalloway1973 is right, I'm British, and believe that we are just as capable as the Americans. BTW, to the guy who mentioned that we were (supposedly) kicked out of every country we conquered, you're wrong! It's true that we were kicked out of a few of the Nations, but we decided to give most of them back by free will alone! This inter-nation rivalry has to stop, WE'RE ON THE SAME BL**DY SIDE!!! That saying, "all the gear, but no Idea" is just a bit of friendly banter, but there are a few people here who take it too far.
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Miss, I am terribly sorry about what the USA did to your country. I was there. What we did was inexcusable. Saying I was ordered to do it is pretty lame. Your country, what I saw of it, was beautiful. The people I met and meet now are resourceful and have been pretty smart. I know the US trades with you now. Take care of your people. Be careful in dealing with the Western world. Do not let the multinationals strip your resources away.
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Geez mate that's real bad hey?  Got any idea where you might have left it?  LMAO\n\nSo you have an issue because the government (not that I endorse Bush... what a loser!) is bringing the history and essence of your country to people who may not be able to speak English very well in an attempt to give them access to what you take for granted and which to them would otherwise be unreachable!\n\nI don't think you lost your country ... I think you better go looking for your intelligence and understanding.. they appear to be lost!
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Amen to that.  I don't understand why we have to change to suit people moving to America but then we are STILL asked to change when going to another country.  wtf.
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You are the biggest piece of sh!t I have ever ran into on here. How f'n dare you sneak into my country (which is a coward's move in itself) and criticize our armed forces. If you don't like it, sneak your funky @ss back under that fence and go f#ck yourself. God bless America!
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I have heard of this yes. If anyone has doubts all one has to do is look at the EU. The NAU is coming and america is asleep at the switch. Its too late, we the sheeple deserve this fate.