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Nate Burleson has lived in the United States for all but the first months of his life. Yet the 25-year-old didn't become a U.S. citizen until recently.
Burleson, as American at heart as anyone who grew up in the Pacific Northwest, technically lived most of his life as a Canadian.
"I'm a full-blooded Canadian," the Seahawks wide receiver said with a grin and a chuckle. "I gotta represent for my people."
Burleson was born in Calgary, where his father Al played in the Canadian Football League. It seems Burleson's parents didn't fill out all the legal documents needed to make Nate a U.S. citizen. When the family moved to Seattle, nothing was ever finalized.
It was never an issue until a trip Burleson took with his wife to the Turks and Caicos Islands of the Caribbean a couple of years ago. Customs agents held up the Burlesons for hours in Miami because Nate didn't have a U.S. birth certificate.
Officers peppered Burleson with questions. Meanwhile, a few football fans at the airport recognized Burleson, then with the Minnesota Vikings, as an NFL player.
Burleson learned he had to go through the U.S. government to obtain citizenship and get his passport, which he received a few weeks ago.
But don't get Burleson wrong: He's proud of where he was born and knows some Canadians even see him as one of their own.
"I even have a little pendant that's the Canadian leaf," Burleson said, adding that he'd love to take his family to Calgary one day.

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Originally Posted by vincesanity82

Nate Burleson has lived in the United States for all but the first months of his life. Yet the 25-year-old didn't become a U.S. citizen until recently.
Burleson, as American at heart as anyone who grew up in the Pacific Northwest, technically lived most of his life as a Canadian.
"I'm a full-blooded Canadian," the Seahawks wide receiver said with a grin and a chuckle. "I gotta represent for my people."
Burleson was born in Calgary, where his father Al played in the Canadian Football League. It seems Burleson's parents didn't fill out all the legal documents needed to make Nate a U.S. citizen. When the family moved to Seattle, nothing was ever finalized.
It was never an issue until a trip Burleson took with his wife to the Turks and Caicos Islands of the Caribbean a couple of years ago. Customs agents held up the Burlesons for hours in Miami because Nate didn't have a U.S. birth certificate.
Officers peppered Burleson with questions. Meanwhile, a few football fans at the airport recognized Burleson, then with the Minnesota Vikings, as an NFL player.
Burleson learned he had to go through the U.S. government to obtain citizenship and get his passport, which he received a few weeks ago.
But don't get Burleson wrong: He's proud of where he was born and knows some Canadians even see him as one of their own.
"I even have a little pendant that's the Canadian leaf," Burleson said, adding that he'd love to take his family to Calgary one day.

Sports | Seahawks | Alexander says foot feeling fine | Seattle Times Newspaper

I guess they hadn't seen him play...everyone knows he is not even a terror on the football field.