In an age with no birth certificates and no photographs it was very difficult to prove you were or weren't a citizen or subject of a particular country, and the Americans had the disadvantage of speaking english so they didn't even sound foreign.
Kwiminyaka yakudala apho kwakungekho ziqinisekiso zokuzalwa kungekho zifoto kwakunzima kakhulu ukwazi ukuba ubani ngummi welo lizwe okanye hayi, kwaye amaMelika ayesilela ekuthetheni isiNgesi nto leyo eyawabangela ukuba angavakali ngathi ngabemi belinye ilizwe.