Although we moved from Toronto to Chicago in 1992, I had never bothered to become a US citizen. As a “green card” holder, I had all the same rights as a citizen except for voting, so it never seemed important to me.
That changed in 2019. Like him or not as a person, I believe that President Donald Trump was great for America. I watched from the sidelines as he won the presidency in 2016, and was so impressed with his policies and real, definitive actions that I wanted the privilege of voting for him in 2020.
So I finally applied for citizenship, after living in the US for 26 years.
Of course I still hold Canadian citizenship, as one is able to have dual citizenship. I got my first US passport in July 2019.
As part of the process one had the opportunity of a legal name change, so — although I had used the name “Hershel” officially since I entered the US — I made it formally legal.
