Independence Day: New Citizens for US!

[jonsonite]

Jen and I went to Seattle Center and watched the ceremony for the newly naturalized citizens--507 of them! Our friend Eduardo Mendonca (who works with Power Of Hope) was awarded the Spirit of Liberty award for being a badass naturalized citizen who works to share his native culture with his new home. He got to make a speech, along with a whole

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Random pet peeve

[cupkate]

(Philippines)

Re: Random pet peeve

[jonsonite]

Shoot. I saw that and dismissed it as my mind playing tricks...

[jenny_rae]

That sounds awesome! I'm glad you had a good time. :-)

[jonsonite]

It was great!

[pussyofdoom]

They don't have to say the entire oath. Beforehand they go through it with an immigration officer and decide if there are any parts of it that they can't agree to. For instance, my Mom kept her Belgian citizenship so she didn't say the entire first part.

[jonsonite]

Eenteresting. That answers a few questions I had.

[benefitz]

Neat!