Cuban realizes that he isn't an American citizen after 50 years of living in the US

Mario Hernández has been living in the United States from for 50 years, was soldier in Vietnam, worked in for (this actually depends on what job he did, but in most cases, the correct preposition is "for") the Government, and has voted in each election since Jimmy Carter, but his immigrant situation still is as undocumented. He realized of it when he asked for passport to travel ("go on a cruise" would be more natural) in on a cruise last November.

"Everybody asks how a situation like that could it be possible a situation like that. This is an evidence that our immigration law doesn't work. A lot of our soldiers are immigrants and a lot of immigrants came here when they are were kids. So that, they don't know about his irregular situation", said Elizabeth Ricci, Hernández's lawyer.

Mario Hernández came to the United States when he was 9 years old. In 1965, he traleved from Cuba to Miami with his family in a "liberty fly" authorized by president Lyndon B. Johnson after the Cuban revolution. The US government gave him a "parole", an ID that allows him to work and live in the country.

When he finished his high school, a teacher convinced him to enlist in the Army to fight in Vietnam. He became soldier in 1975, when the Vietnam War was very impopular amid unpopular in society.

After his return, he thought that he instantly became instantly an American citizen, above after all, he was in Vietnam for three years.

As veteran, he worked for 20 years in government offices in surviellance of criminals. The weird thing is that in that kind of jobs, the FBI investigates the story of the worker (I think you are referring to a background check here. It might be better to say that "The FBI performs a background check" or "does a background check") and they never found nothing anything in the "expedient" of Hernández. Not sure what you meant by "expedient" ... >_>

Good work! :)

Job interview today (putting "chance" here implies that you have a chance at an interview, rather than a chance at a job)

I have an interview this afternoon at 2:00 pm. The company that gave me the chance is far away from where I live. So this is my plan: I am going to have my lunch at about 12:20, then I will take the subway for around 30 minutes, and finally I will cycle to the place. I expect some tests and may have to introduce myself in English. I feel a bit anxious about this. My spoken English is not good enough and they may test my English in another way. Whatever happens, I appreciate this opportunity. What I need to do is just go show that I can do the job with confidence.