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Elvis Presley's manager Colonel Tom Parker was actually Andreas Cornelius "Dries" van Kujik, an illegal immigrant from the Netherlands.

It is said by some that this is the reason why Elvis never went on tour around the world - the only places outside the US he played were in Canada - Toronto, Ottawa, and Vancouver, because at that time crossing the US-Canadian border did not require a passport.

Now… suppose sometime shortly after Elvis' return from his hitch in the army (let's say between late '61 and early '64, during his stint making B-movies in Hollywood) somebody managed to find conclusive evidence of Parker's legal status and give this information to the authorities? And what if Parker ended up being deported back to the Netherlands?

What effect would this have had on Elvis' career?
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