U.S. WELCOMES 834,000 NEW NATURALIZED CITIZENS IN FY 2019, REACHING 11 YEAR HIGH (PHOTOS+VIDEO)

By Brendan LaChance on December 30, 2019

(Dan Cepeda, Oil City)

CASPER, Wyo. — In fiscal year 2019, the United States welcomed 834,000 new naturalized citizens.That is the most in 11 years, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration services.

About 4,000 naturalization ceremonies were held across the country, including several in Wyoming.

A naturalization ceremony in Casper took place in September. (Dan Cepeda, Oil City)

Albany County held their first naturalization ceremony in 25 years in August, welcoming 22 new citizens.

45 people became naturalized citizens at a ceremony in Yellowstone in September.

In Casper, 15 new Americans were recognized at another September naturalization ceremony.

Yasmina Dl Carmen Hand waves an American flag at her family during a naturalization ceremony at the Ewing T. Kerr Federal Courthouse on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019. (Dan Cepeda, Oil City)

“I’m very proud to be an American today,” Gertrude Fiel Hoffman, who was originally from the Philippines, said at that ceremony.

“I love Mexico, we love to visit, but Wyoming is my home,” said Maria Martinez, who was also naturalized at the Casper ceremony.

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