45 people become citizens at Schenectady County naturalization ceremony
45 people become citizens at Schenectady County naturalization ceremony | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS By Shenandoah Briere | Shares0 Judge Mark Powers conducted the ceremony and told the audience citizenship was a privilege. “This remains the land of freedom and opportunity, where you are limited only by your desire and your diligence to pursue your goals,” Powers said. Rajendra Mukhram first arrived in the U.S. ‘illegally’ in 2000, he said, with the hope of becoming a citizen. Before he could do that he had to return to his home country of Guyana in 2017 to go through the proper c...
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