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Almost 200 Immigrants Become American Citizens At JFK Library

Almost 200 Immigrants Become Americans At Ceremony
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NEW YORK, NY - MAY 17: Immigrants take the oath of citizenship while becoming American citizens at a naturalization ceremony held at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), office on May 17, 2013 in New York City. One hundred and fifty immigrants from 38 different countries became U.S. citizens at the event. Some 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. stand to eventually gain American citizenship if Congress passes immigration reforms currently being negotiated in Washington D.C. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - MAY 17: Immigrants take the oath of citizenship while becoming American citizens at a naturalization ceremony held at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), office on May 17, 2013 in New York City. One hundred and fifty immigrants from 38 different countries became U.S. citizens at the event. Some 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. stand to eventually gain American citizenship if Congress passes immigration reforms currently being negotiated in Washington D.C. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Nearly 200 immigrants from around the world became proud Americans on Wednesday in a ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.

Dressed in their finest suits and dresses, the immigrants were sworn in at the proceedings that were presided over by US District Court Judge William Young, library spokeswoman Rachel Flor said.

The new citizens brought family and friends to celebrate their accomplishments, Flor said, swelling their ranks to almost 500 and filling the Dorchester library’s Stephen E. Smith Center.

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