One of the frustrating aspects of illegal immigration is that people like Simon Rios aren't kicked out of the country, despite having been in trouble for drunken driving and spousal abuse before being accused of raping and killing a 10-year-old and murdering his whole family. And when authorities do go after someone, it frequently seems like someone they shouldn't go after, like the woman who came here as a young child and was always told she was a citizen. Then there is this guy:
A 105-year-old Cuban-born man who had at least one pending wish finally had it fulfilled — he became a U.S. citizen.
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In 1964, he was imprisoned in Cuba for smuggling weapons from the United States into the island for an insurrection against Fidel Castro. Temprana got out at age 93, applied for a humanitarian visa and flew to Miami.
He was in Cuba, working against Castro, and we make a 93-year-old wait 12 years for his citizenship? He's my new hero, by the way. It is reported that "he rides his scooter to the store to play the lottery, rolls his own cigars, drinks whiskey with neighbors and has a girlfriend."
