It has taken 90 years since she was born in a poor house in County Limerick for a woman considered America's oldest illegal immigrant to get her Irish passport.It will be a few more months before Josephine Stout will finally be declared a US citizen, entitling(...) her to a pension and other benefits. 

Despite having lived in America for most of her life since she arrived in 1923, the great-grandmother was declared an undocumented alien in 1999, when she tried to claim state aid to help raise her seven grandchildren, who were left orphaned when her daughter was killed by a robber over$20. 

Even though she has never considered herself Irish, noting "I don't even have an accent," she didn't officially exist as an American when officials in Chicago insisted that she prove her citizenship in order to qualify for benefits. But she had no birth certificate or passport when she arrived on an immigrant ship from Ireland from Ireland with her parents, who had 12 other children. 

She never gave the matter much thought until 1999, when she was in her late 70s and needed assistance to raise her grandchildren. For 12 years, Mrs. Stout managed to support the family by doing various jobs. But her life was hard and marked by tragedy. Her husband died in 1996, and her son Thomas died in a car accident with his girlfriend in 1985. Her only surviving child, Rosemary, died of cancer in 2009. 

A Catholic charity referred her case to Chicago Irish Immigrant Support(CIIS), which alerted the Irish Consulate . Through them, they tracked down her birth certificate, the website irishcentral.com reported. The document, in turn, allowed her to receive her Irish passport, and eventually her American green card in September 2011, which was dated back to November 1, 1923.
When did someone arrive in the USA?
Who was it?
Was her grandma legal?
What about her great-grandma?
How many kids was her great-grandma raising?
Was she their mother?
Where was she?
How?
Who helped move her issue forward?
What did they do?
Where they able to find anything?
What?
What did that allow her to do?
How long did it ultimately take for that to happen?
Where was she born?
Was she wealthy?
When will she become legal in the USA?
She she consider herself from her homeland?
What started the investigation?
How did she come to the USA?
1923
she arrived in 1923
Josephine Stout
Josephine Stout will finally be declared a US citizen
unknown
unknown
no
the great-grandmother was declared an undocumented alien
seven
raise her seven grandchildren
no
who were left orphaned
dead
when her daughter was killed
she was killed
her daughter was killed by a robber
A Catholic charity
A Catholic charity referred her case 
referred her case to Chicago Irish Immigrant Support(CIIS)
A Catholic charity referred her case to Chicago Irish Immigrant Support(CIIS)
yes
they tracked down her birth certificate
her birth certificate
they tracked down her birth certificate
to receive her Irish passport
allowed her to receive her Irish passport
90 years
It has taken 90 years
in County Limerick
she was born in a poor house in County Limerick
no
she was born in a poor house
a few more months
It will be a few more months before Josephine Stout will finally be declared a US citizen
no
Even though she has never considered herself Irish
when she tried to claim state aid
 when she tried to claim state aid
on an immigrant ship
when she arrived on an immigrant ship