SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A dozen people from 11 countries became United States citizens Thursday during a naturalization ceremony at the James M. Hanley Federal Courthouse in Syracuse.
With their right hands raised, the group took the oath of allegiance, marking the end of a process that for some took years.
The new citizens came from countries including Brazil, Ghana, Pakistan, the Philippines and Sierra Leone. Four members of the U.S. Army were among those naturalized…