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A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN - DEPORTED THREE DIFFERENT TIMES ... (Ezekial A-ree-bus) ESEQUIAL URIBES" ...WAS BORN OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTRY - BUT BECAUSE HIS FATHER WAS A U.S. CITIZEN - BORN AND RAISED IN TEXAS - HE'S A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN. HIS ATTORNEY SAYS DESPITE THAT - HE HAD NOTHING TO PROVE IT. TODAY - HE WAS GIVEN HIS CERTIFICATE OF CITIZENSHIP - PROVING HE'S A U.S. CITIZEN... AND HAS BEEN FOR HIS ENTIRE LIFE. ( it's a big weight off my back - I feel like ten thousand pounds has come off my back - ive been moving from town to town on fear - that i was going to be caught this is awesome - one of the most exciting things ive ever done in my career - to help esequial stop living in fear - Stop looking over his shoulder URIBES' AND HIS ATTORNEY WENT TO THE U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION OFFICE IN FORT SMITH TO GET THE DOCUMENT. HE SAYS HE'S NOW LOOKING FORWARD TO SETTLING DOWN - AND NOT LIVING IN FEAR.