. >> reporter: some exercise for donovan mclachlin as he gets kids from school. not that he couldn't pick them up in the family vehicle, he's never had a driver's licence passport. his anarchist parents didn't register his birth. he wandered but settled recently to have a family. >> border agents showed up at my house, it was just me and the children. he came with an attitude that i wasn't canadian, that i'm an american. and i'm not. >> reporter: immigration threatened to deport him. he said he doesn't remember where he was born but lived here all his life. three heart attacks bought medical bells. people without documents are on their own. >> my dog has more rights than i do. i'm a nobody. in the eyes of the government. i'm tired of being treated that way. my parents - my parents made the choice, i'm the one suffering for it. he appealed to the minister to use discretionary power to grant canadian nationality. one of the ironies is it happened in dawson city a place that was not clearly defined as being part of the u.s. or british ruled canada. during the gold r