Navy Photographer Settles Passport Fraud Case

Photo: Elisha Dawkins

Navy Photographer In Guantanamo Case Settles For Probation -- McClatchy News

Military veteran Elisha Dawkins, 26, was set for trial for making a false statement on a U.S. passport. He grew up in Miami, his lawyer says, believing he was a U.S. citizen.

A U.S. military veteran of the Iraq surge and Guantánamo averted a federal passport fraud trial on Tuesday by settling for probation in a deal that lets him stay in the United States for now and perhaps continue Navy service.

Under the deal, Navy Reserves Petty Officer Elisha Leo Dawkins, 26, ducked a felony conviction and will have the opportunity to settle his citizenship question separately with U.S. immigration authorities.

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My Comment: This American hero deserves the benefit of the doubt .... I hope he succeeds in his immigration case, and become what he always believed he was .... a U.S. citizen.