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Originally Posted by caleb72
Many people don't know this but Mel Gibson was American. He was born in New York and didn't move to Australia until he was a teenager. I imagine he would have gained Australian citizenship at some stage and I think he still considers himself Australian.
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I was curious, so I looked it up. It turns out Mel holds dual US/Irish citizenship and has never been Australian nor applied for citizenship. Shame, because I was on board with Hamlet53's proposal, but I guess we can't deport him after all.
Mel claimed Irish citizenship through his mother who was Irish and the family was able to emigrate to Oz because his father's mother was Australian.