Dozens of People Live as 'John Doe'

http://news.yahoo.com/dozens-people-live-john-doe-193319683--abc-news-topstories.html

This article was really interesting because it discussed cases where people have absolutely no identity. They don't know their own names, age, where they were born or anything about their lives. Because of this they are unable to get jobs, health insurance, or have a place to live. In a sense they are invisible to the world. This made me think back to our discussion of citizenship and having a sense of belonging. In the case of these people, are they even cultural citizens?  They can't function as the rest of us and they don't have any of the same rights because they don't have an identity so they technically aren't citizens of the US if they can't use the resources offered to citizens. They are in this weird world of limbo.