Minnesota State Fair hosts naturalization ceremony

Published: Aug 28, 2024 Duration: 00:02:03 Category: News & Politics

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TOGETHER. >> IT IS DAY 7. >> YOU'RE RIGHT. >> DAY 7. ? IT IS NOT YOUR TRADITIONAL COURTROOM. BUT IT DOES FIT IN WITH THE GREAT SPIRIT OF THE GREAT MINNESOTA GET-TOGETHER. >> IT SURE DOES. BERET LEONE SHOWS HOW IT IS FITTING THE GREAT NATION AND STATE. >> NEW FOODS, NEW RIDES. AND WEDNESDAY, NEW CITIZENS. >> THIS IS A REMARKABLE DAY. ALL 30 OF YOU ARE POISED TO TAKE YOUR OATHS AND BECOME CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES. >> FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, IMMIGRANTS FOR MORE THAN A DOZEN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES TOOK THEIR FINAL STEP IN THE NATURALIZATION PROCESS ON THE STATE FAIR STAGE. >> CITIZENSHIP IS VERY PRECIOUS. >> NOW, BETWEEN TWO CEREMONIES, MORE THAN 50 IMMIGRANTS BECAME U.S. CITIZENS HERE AT THE INTERNATIONAL BAZAAR STAGE. >> LIKE ELIZABETH HOWGEN. >> WHEN I HAD MY INTERVIEW, THE OFFICIAL SAID, IT'S GOING TO BE AT THE STATE FAIR. AND I THOUGHT, THAT'S AMAZING. I NEVER THOUGHT OF COMING TO THE U.S. BUT SOMEHOW I ENDED UP HERE. >> SHE'S CELEBRATING, ALONG HER HUSBAND ETHAN. >> GREAT PIECE OF CULTURE TO EXPERIENCE THE DAY SHE BECOMES CITIZEN. >> IT'S BEEN A LONG PROCESS. BUT YEAH. THIS WAS BEAUTIFUL AND EMOTIONAL FOR ME. >> Reporter: IT DRAWS UP SIMILAR EMOTIONS FOR TOBY ALAWARE. >> NIGERIA. >> Reporter: HE CREDITS HIS SUCCESS TO HIS FAMILY'S SUPPORT. >> EVERYTHING, THEY'RE ALWAYS THERE FOR ME. >> AND PLANS TO CELEBRATE HIS CITIZENSHIP. IN TRUE MINNESOTA FASHION. >> THE KIDS ARE GOING TO GO ON RIDES, AND GOING TO EAT AS MUCH AS I CAN. AT THE STATE FAIRGROUNDS, BERET LEONE, WCCO NEWS. >> THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, THE FAIR HAS

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