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Tim Nelson
St. Paul, Minn.

Welcoming new U.S. citizens in St. Paul

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Naturalization program
Programs and information packets waited on rows of chairs at the Landmark Center cortile as immigrants filed in for a naturalization ceremony in St. Paul this morning.
MPR Photo/Tim Nelson

Nearly 400 people took the Oath of Allegiance in two naturalization ceremonies at Landmark Center in St. Paul, on Thursday, August 26, 2010. About 9,000 Minnesotans a year become citizens at similar ceremonies.

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Citizens naturalized at Landmark Center
Hundreds of new citizens waved American flags after being naturalized at a ceremony at Landmark Center in downtown St. Paul on Thursday, August 26, 2010.
MPR Photo/Tim Nelson
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Naturalization program
Programs and information packets waited on rows of chairs at the Landmark Center cortile as immigrants filed in for a naturalization ceremony in St. Paul this morning.
MPR Photo/Tim Nelson
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Naturalization ceremony
The first of nearly 400 people being naturalized in Landmark Center ceremonies today took the Oath of Allegiance. Nearly a quarter of the group were from Somalia.
MPR photo/Tim Nelson