text: Voting causes woman to face deportation from US
  
  June 25, 2007 
  
  Zoila Meyer, a 40-year-old mother of two sons in San Bernadino, California, is facing deportation from the United States for illegally voting in the 2004 general election. Although she was a legal resident at the time, she was not a citizen and voting is therefore illegal. 
  Meyer, who was brought from Cuba to the US as a one-year-old child, says she believed she was a true American citizen all her life. 
  Meyer said, "I've been voting since I was 18. I didn't know I was here illegally. It was a mistake on my parents' behalf. They messed up. They didn't want to. It just
tokens: Voting causes woman to face deportation from US June 25 , 2007 Zoila Meyer , a 40 - year - old mother of two sons in San Bernadino , California , is facing deportation from the United States for illegally voting in the 2004 general election . Although she was a legal resident at the time , she was not a citizen and voting is therefore illegal . Meyer , who was brought from Cuba to the US as a one - year - old child , says she believed she was a true American citizen all her life . Meyer said , " I 've been voting since I was 18 . I did n't know I was here illegally . It was a mistake on my parents ' behalf . They messed up . They did n't want to . It just
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