Day before Fourth of July, 94 people became U.S. citizens in Indianapolis

In downtown Indianapolis Thursday, just as the country turns to celebrate its 249th birthday, ninety-four people from 33 countries became U.S. citizens. Federal Judge Sarah Evans Barker of the Southern District of Indiana oversaw the ceremony in a packed courtroom.

She acknowledged the larger tension around immigration in the country but said the new citizens have “earned the right to be here.”

“You belong here. You deserve to be here. And we want you here. If anyone ever suggests otherwise to you, you tell them that Judge Barker down at the federal courthouse said that is not true,” she said…

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