Canton had initially registered to vote by showing his official military service record and had voted eight times since 2004. After years of navigating the immigration system, Canton’s hope of continuing to reside in the place he called home was shattered last month. Paul Canton has spent three decades in the United States. When asked whether he felt he had fallen through the cracks of a larger system, Canton told Yahoo News it feels as though he had “been shoved through a crack”. “I have earned the title of United States Marine and they’re never going to take that from me,” he told Yahoo News.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 16, 2026 23:53 UTC