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A
Good
afternoon
everyone,
my
name,
is
Trish
Alaska
and
I'm,
an
immigration
services
analyst
with
US
Citizenship
and
Immigration
Services
in
Pittsburgh
and
I
want
to
welcome
all
of
our
candidates
for
US
citizenship.
Today,
as
well
as
your
family
and
friends,
who've
come
out
to
support
you
for
this
very
special
event
on
our
way
over
I
couldn't
help
but
notice
it's
a
beautiful
day
for
a
naturalization
ceremony
and
we're
very
honored
to
be
at
this
beautiful
venue
before
I
begin.
I
have
a
couple
of
quick
announcements.
A
We
ask
that
everyone
silence
their
cell
phones
and
any
electronic
devices.
Just
so
there's
no
interruptions
during
this
ceremony.
We
know
you're
going
to
want
to
have
those
handy
to
take
photographs,
and
we
will
let
you
know
when
the
best
time
to
capture
those
are
going
to
be
and
for
safety.
We
ask
that
all
children
be
accompanied
by
an
adult
at
all
times
and
a
quick
note
to
those
who
are
becoming
citizens
today.
You've
all
received
a
packet
of
information
and
inside
that
packet.
A
You
have
the
words
to
the
star-spangled
banner,
the
oath
of
allegiance
you'll
be
taking
today
and
the
Pledge
of
Allegiance.
Those
are
all
part
of
today's
ceremony,
so
we've
put
that
in
the
program
for
everyone
as
well.
You
also
will
get
a
certificate
holder,
an
information
guide
for
new
citizens,
a
very
important
voters
guide
to
Federal
Elections,
a
passport
application,
civics
citizens
Almanac
that
has
a
lot
of
civics
and
historical
information
and
a
pocket-sized
Constitution
and
Declaration
of
Independence,
and
at
this
time
I'd
like
to
ask
everyone
to
please
stand.
A
B
B
A
C
Thank
you,
Miss
Alaska,
and
thank
you
Miss
Vega
for
that
wonderful
rendition
of
the
national
anthem,
on
behalf
of
the
United
States
Citizenship
and
Immigration
Services
I'd
like
to
welcome
all
the
candidates
for
naturalization
today,
as
well
as
their
family
and
guests,
and
all
of
our
distinguished
guests,
I'd
like
to
take
a
moment
to
thank
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
and
the
office
of
Mayor
William
Peduto
for
coordinating
today's
ceremony.
Us
Citizenship
and
Immigration
Services
held
its
first
naturalization
ceremony
here
in
city
council
chambers
in
2015
as
part
of
the
welcoming
Pittsburgh
initiative.
C
Since
that
time
we
have
collaborated
with
the
city
and
the
mayor's
office
on
special
naturalization
ceremonies
and
outreach
activities
to
connect
immigrants
and
new
citizens
to
the
communities
that
they
now
call
home.
At
this
point
in
time,
I
would
like
to
introduce
I,
have
the
honor
of
introducing
the
mayor
of
the
city
of
Pittsburgh,
Mayor
William
Peduto.
D
Thank
you
Michael
to
the
candidates
today,
congratulations.
This
is
obviously
a
very
important
day
for
you
and
the
people
of
Pittsburgh
celebrated
with
you.
I
am
the
proud
grandson
of
Italian
immigrants.
My
grandfather,
like
many
Italians,
came
over
to
this
country
after
World
War,
one
looking
for
an
opportunity
to
give
his
children
a
better
life.
D
Unfortunately,
a
few
years
later,
Congress
would
pass
an
act
which
would
limit
the
amount
of
immigrants
to
the
numbers
that
the
United
States
had
in
1890,
and
it
was
six
years
later
that
my
grandmother
would
be
able
to
join
them.
We've
made
those
mistakes
in
the
past
and
we
won't
make
those
mistakes
again.
We
understand
that
this
city
was
built
on
the
backs
and
the
arms
of
immigrants
who
came
here
and
not
only
built
this
city
but
built
America.
D
We
understand
that
today,
a
new
generation
is
coming
to
use
their
minds
to
not
only
build
an
America
but
to
change
the
world,
and
it
is
happening
right
here
in
Pittsburgh,
but
we
won't
forget
the
lessons
of
the
past,
we'll
make
sure
that
we
remember
them.
So
we
don't
make
those
same
mistakes
again
above
you
in
this
beautiful
room.
D
In
fact,
if
you
ever
see
the
painting
Cornwallis
surrenders
its
mayor,
abanazar
Denny,
who
holds
the
American
flag,
a
new
nation
that
was
born
a
nation
with
a
promise
that
it
would
be
the
beacon
for
the
world
for
those
that
faced
oppression
for
those
that
faced
war
or
hunger
that
there
would
be
somewhere
on
this
earth
where
all
could
gather
and
live
in
freedom.
That's
the
principles
of
the
United
States.
D
Unfortunately,
they
are
also
mayors
up
there
like
Jo
Barker
1850,
mayor
Barker
was
a
street
and
he
preached
down
by
where
the
convention
center
is
now.
He
preached
hate
in
his
hatred,
was
towards
the
immigrants,
the
Irish
in
the
Germans,
the
Catholics,
and
he
spoke
in
such
harsh
terms
that
at
one
of
his
speeches
he
threatened
to
kill
the
bishop.
So
the
mayor
arrested
I'm
going
to
put
him
in
jail.
You
know
what
his
friend
said:
hey
you
know,
being
a
good
mayor
Joe.
D
D
Joe
won
so
on
the
day
that
he
was
to
be
sworn
and
they
brought
him
out
of
jail.
He
took
his
oath
of
office,
but
the
party's
never
came
in
from
the
governor
so
that
he
spent
the
first
night
as
the
mayor
of
Pittsburgh
in
prison.
Joe
would
serve
one
year
as
the
mayor.
He
would
fire
all
the
police
officers
and
hire
his
friends
to
be
the
police,
which
basically
started
a
civil
war
in
Pittsburgh.
D
While
he
was
the
mayor,
he
imprisoned
the
bishop.
He
basically
said
that
he
had
had
illegal
sewers
lines
tapped
in
to
by
Mercy
Hospital
and
while
the
bishop
was
in
prison,
the
Catholic
cathedral
burned
to
the
ground,
and
today,
if
you
walk
down
Grant
Street
and
you
see
the
Union
Trust
building
on
top
of
it,
it
looks
like
a
church
sits
on
top
at
one
point:
that's
where
a
church
stood
the
Catholic
cathedral,
Joe
Barker
would
only
serve
one
year.
He
tried
to
run
for
office
in
the
future,
but
would
never
be
elected.
D
Today,
Joe's
great-great
grandson
still
lives
in
Pittsburgh
and
he's
a
professor
of
law
at
Duquesne
University,
a
Catholic,
University
kind
of
interesting.
Isn't
it
how
things
change
today
you
become
Americans,
never
forget
that!
Never
forget
what
it
feels
like.
Tell
your
children
tell
your
grandchildren
and
remind
them
that
is
all
Americans
we're
here
to
pull
others
up,
not
to
push
them
down.
C
A
On
behalf
of
the
United
States
government,
it
is
my
pleasure
to
present
these
candidates
for
naturalization.
Each
of
the
candidates
has
been
personally
examined
under
oath
by
a
designated
officer.
Each
has
demonstrated
an
understanding
of
English
language
and
less
exempt
and
knowledge
and
understanding
of
the
fundamentals
of
history
and
principles
and
form
of
government
of
the
United
States.
Each
has
been
found
to
be
a
person
of
good
moral
character
attached
to
the
principles
of
the
Constitution
of
the
United
States
and
well
disposed
to
the
good
order
and
happiness
of
the
United
States.
A
Therefore,
on
behalf
of
the
United
States
government,
I
respectfully
recommend
that
all
candidates
be
admitted
for
citizens
of
the
United
States
of
America
I'm,
going
to
call
out
each
of
the
countries
represented
today.
When
you
hear
your
country
called,
please
stand
and
remain
standing
until
all
of
the
countries
have
been
called
out
and
you
will
be
administered
the
oath
of
allegiance
as
a
group
Bhutan.
A
A
A
A
A
A
C
C
Renounce
and
abjure
all
Allegiance
and
fidelity
to
any
foreign
prince
potentate,
State
or
sovereignty
of
whom
or
which
I
have
heretofore,
been
a
subject
or
citizen
that
I
will
support
and
defend
the
Constitution
and
the
laws
of
the
United
States
of
America
against
all
enemies,
foreign
and
domestic.
That
I
will
bear
true
faith
and
allegiance
to
the
same.
That
I
will
bear
arms
on
behalf
of
the
United
States
when
required
by
the
law
that
I
will
perform
noncombatant
service
in
the
Armed
Forces
of
the
United
States,
when
required
by
the
law.
C
C
The
USCIS
Pittsburgh
field
office
is
a
medium-size
office
for
our
agency.
We
see
about
3,000
people
a
year
come
through
for
naturalization
of
the
people.
We
see
they
not
only
deal
with
us,
but
they
deal
with
the
communities
that
they
call
home
and
they
interact
with
local
governments,
local
law
enforcement,
and
we
have
a
very
special
keynote
speaker
today:
Assistant
Chief
Larry
Serato
of
the
Pittsburgh
Police,
and
he's
going
to
be
talking
a
little
bit
about
the
police
and
how
they
serve
the
community.
Please
join
me
in
welcoming
him
to
the
podium.
E
E
E
E
We
welcome
you,
your
families
to
a
city
that
celebrates
diversity
in
every
aspect
to
include
ethnicity,
religion
and
so
much
more.
The
city
established
in
1816
by
immigrants,
like
my
grandparents,
from
Africa
and
Italy,
there's
over
200
years
of
history
that
make
this
great
town,
I
call
home,
but
I
guess
now.
As
of
a
few
minutes
ago,
you
also
call
home.
E
The
process
in
which
you
have
followed
to
become
United
States
citizens
is
a
benefit
to
our
communities.
You
bring
culture,
you
bring
differences
that
only
enhance
us
as
a
society
only
improve
us
as
people
in
an
uncertain
world.
Today.
I
will
assure
you
that
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
and,
more
importantly,
at
this
point,
the
Pittsburgh
Bureau
police,
stands
ready
to
protect
and
serve
all
of
you
and
all
of
your
families.
E
Their
growth
that
our
communities
will
depend
on
will
rely
on
each
and
every
one
of
you.
You
all
bring
a
certain
skill
set,
whether
it
be
trade,
technology,
fashion,
design,
food,
the
endless
options
go
on
and
on,
but
it's
a
difference
that
is
very
appreciated,
well
respected
and
needed
and
need
it.
E
E
We
serve
the
communities
that
you
all
choose
to
live
in
and
with
that
I
tell
you,
please
don't
hesitate
to
call
on
us
in
your
time
of
need
your
time
of
uncertainty,
your
time
of
despair,
the
men
and
women
of
the
Pittsburgh
Bureau
of
police
stand
ready
to
protect
and
serve
each
and
every
one
of
you
far
too
often.
Law
enforcement
in
other
countries
is
not
viewed
with
the
same
esteem
that
we
have
here
in
the
United
States.
E
We
ask
that
you
trust
officers.
We
ask
that
you
engage
officers.
We
have
to
become
involved
equally,
as
involved
as
any
other
citizen
that
has
home
has
interest
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh.
We
hold
our
officers
to
a
high
standard,
the
highest
health
standards,
to
ensure
that
they
accurately
and
heartfelt
ly
represent
the
interest
of
all
of
our
citizens,
which,
as
of
today,
it
is
each
and
every
one
of
you
and
your
families
will
ask
them
that
they
respect
the
cultural
differences
that
each
and
every
one
of
you
bring.
E
That
may,
and
most
likely
is
a
little
different
than
ours,
but
that
it's
embraced
and
not
to
be
feared,
but
to
be
held
to
the
end,
the
highest
esteem,
ensuring
that
we
respect
the
dignity
of
each
and
every
one
of
our
citizens,
their
families,
citizen
or
not,
and
that
we
welcome
all
of
you
with
open
arms.
So.
E
E
C
Thank
You
chief
sir
odo
during
your
speech,
I,
was
thinking
back
to
my
early
days
as
an
officer
with
the
Immigration
Service
and
something
that
you
said,
and
it
resonates
with
me
to
this
day.
As
many
of
you
might
come
from
countries
where
law
enforcement
night
might
not
be
respected,
but
I'm
glad
to
hear
what
you
had
to
say
today
and
very
encouraged
by
the
words
that
you
had
for
our
new
citizens
and
moving
forward.
C
F
Thank
you
all
right,
I
want
to
start
by
thanking
director
Horvath
for
organizing
the
ceremony
and
in
general
for
your
office's
impeccable
professionalism
in
my
nine
month.
Long
journey
since
I
filed
a
petition
of
the
Chemist
citizen
to
this
day
and
I
want
to
thank
mayor,
Peduto
and
his
staff,
many
of
whom
are
here
in
many
of
them.
F
I
count,
my
friends
and
I'm
touched
they're,
photographing
and
taping,
and
all
the
rest
of
it
for
for
his
words,
but
also
just
for
creating
a
city
and
working
every
day
to
make
a
city
to
make
this
city
as
livable
as
attractive
as
friendly
as
it
has
been
for
me
in
the
last
seven
years
that
I've
lived
here
and
that
I've
called
it
home
and
I
want
to.
Thank
you
finally
for
having
extraordinary
words.
F
So
and
again
it's
one
of
those
things
where
I've
lived
in
Pittsburgh
for
seven
years,
I
met
Larry
in
passing
one
night
in
Mount,
Washington
and
Biggums,
and
now
today
I
see
him
here.
So
it's
a
city
of
friends.
You
know
even
if
you're
an
immigrant,
even
if
you're
like
me
today,
a
new
citizen
of
this
country
ever
since
mr.
Leon
called
me
and
asked
me
if
I
would
give
a
speech.
The
scary
phrase
give
a
speech
as
one
of
the
citizen
candidates
I've
been
thinking
about.
F
My
parents,
I'm
young
I,
feel
a
lot
of
young
faces,
illnesses
in
candidates
and
in
the
faces
that
are
older,
I
see
the
faces
of
my
parents
and
I
came
to
this
country
eighteen
years
ago,
in
the
summer
of
1998
and
when
I
say
I
came
to
this
country
as
far
as
bearing
the
brunt
of
being
a
new
immigrant
of
uprooting
yourself
from
everything
you
know
from
the
culture.
You
know
the
people,
you
know
the
religion,
you
know
you
know
the
food,
you
know,
I
didn't
do
that.
My
parents
did
it.
F
They
made
that
choice
and
they
were
just
a
few
years
older
than
I
am
right
now
when
they
made
that
choice
and
when
I
say
that
I've
been
thinking
about
them.
What
I've
been
thinking
about
is
this
extraordinary
act
of
courage
and
commitment
that
they
made
and
I
suppose
that
were
more
invested,
because,
unlike
me,
they
weren't
single.
F
My
parents
live
in
California
and
yesterday,
as
I
was
preparing
the
speech
and
I
was
talking
to
my
mom
about
you
know
certain
specific
dates
and
some
of
the
backstories
that
I
had
not
remembered
or
wasn't
even
privy
to
when
I
was
at
when
I
was
10
years
old.
When
we
came
the
United
States
as
I
was
talking
to
her.
She
told
me
that
my
younger
sister
hadn't
gone
in
the
mailbox
and
had
pulled
out
the
mailbox,
a
letter
from
the
USCIS
Phoenix
office,
announcing
or
notifying
my
parents
of
their
interview
dates.
F
There
are
a
few
months
behind
me
and
so
the
process
is
working
for
all
of
us.
You
know
if
slow
and
steady,
but
it's
happening,
and
my
mother
was
very
moved,
interestingly
enough
that
it
was
my
sister
who
pulled
that
letter
out
of
the
mailbox
while
she
was
having
this
conversation
with
her
eldest
son,
because
when
my
mother
and
my
father
arrived
in
that
summer
of
1998,
she
was
carrying
my
sister
and
my
sister
was
born
in
October
of
that
year,
a
few
months
after
they
arrived
and
in
a
family
of
six.
F
F
F
It's
called
a
waiver
program
that
program
once
it's
discharged
allows
that
physician
in
all
of
his
dependents
to
then
apply
for
permanent
residency
and
then
later
on
down
the
road
to
apply
for
citizenship.
My
parents
did
that
in
a
small
small
town
in
the
Bootheel
of
Missouri,
which
is
where
I
graduated
from
high
school
and
it
seems
easy
and
almost
facile.
F
For
me
to
stand
here
and
say
the
act
of
courage,
the
act
of
commitment
they
made
was
that
act
to
get
on
a
plane
and
leave
India
and
to
strike
out
for
the
world,
but
really
once
they
arrived
in
the
United
States.
It
was
also
all
of
the
major
and
minor
episodes
year
after
year,
every
couple
years
to
finish
a
residency
and
move
somewhere
of
our
fellowship
to.
F
To
finish
my
schooling
and
I
keep
reflecting
on
this.
This
act
of
courage,
this
act
of
commitment
and
I
think
perhaps
this
typifies
what
it
means
to
be
an
immigrant,
but
there
is
a
great
deal
of
heartache
and
sorrow
that
comes
with
the
equation.
There's
a
great
deal
of
loneliness,
there's
a
great
deal
of
uncertainty,
and
my
parents
bore
the
brunt
of
that.
I
did
not
my
siblings
did
not,
and
my
parents
did
that
so
that
we
would
have
a
chance
a
chance.
F
C
C
We
all
have
a
story
to
tell
whether
it
be
our
parents
or
our
grandparents
there's
an
immigrant
story
from
all
of
us
and
when
you
said
the
oath
of
allegiance,
you
notice
there's
nothing
in
there.
That
says
you
have
to
surrender
your
customs,
your
culture,
your
heritage,
when
you
become
a
United,
States
citizen.
Those
are
things
that
you
will
carry
with
you
that
you
should
continue
to
celebrate,
continue
to
embrace
and
absolutely
continue
to
share
your
story.
C
This
years
from
now
your
children,
your
grandchildren,
will
be
sharing
that
story
with
other
people
so
continue
to
carry
on
those
traditions.
At
this
point
in
time,
we're
going
to
be
doing
the
Pledge
of
Allegiance
and
I
know
there
are
some
young
people
in
the
audience
I
talked
to
earlier.
Would
you
like
to
come
forward
to
the
center
of
the
room
for
the
pledge
any
of
the
young
people
in
the
audience?
If
you'd
like
to
come
forward?
Please
do
so
at
this
time
to
help
lead
us
in
the
pledge.
C
G
D
G
C
At
this
point
in
time,
we
are
going
to
be
presenting
the
new
citizens
with
their
certificate
of
naturalization.
When
you
hear
your
name
called,
please
come
forward
to
receive
your
certificate
and
chief
Surratt
who
will
be
presenting
you
with
a
flag
as
a
memento
of
this
occasion.
This
is
a
great
photo
opportunity,
so
if
you're,
a
friend
or
family
member
in
the
audience,
if
you'd
like
to
get
into
position
to
take
photographs,
we're
going
to
be
going
the
order
that
people
are
sitting
starting
over
here
with
mr.
C
A
A
B
A
C
C
One
housekeeping
reminder
for
the
new
citizens
make
sure
you
sign
your
certificate
before
you
try
to
use
it
for
a
passport
or
anything
else.
There's
instructions
that
are
included
in
your
package,
just
sign
on
the
line
in
blue
or
black
ink,
and
you
are
good
to
go
also,
please
feel
free
to
share
your
stories.
Your
photos
on
social
media
USCIS
is
on
social
media.
The
city
of
Pittsburgh
is
on
social
media.
C
We
love
to
see
pictures,
hear
your
story,
so
please
post
those
and
again,
if
I
could
just
echo
some
of
the
sentiments
that
I
heard
earlier
in
all
the
speeches
today
is
your
US
citizens.
Now
you
all
came
from
different
backgrounds,
but
you've
all
taken
the
step,
made
the
choice
to
become
citizens
and
take
advantage
of
the
opportunities
that
lay
ahead
of
you.
Make
sure
that
you
are
engaged
in
your
local
communities
make
sure
you
participate
by
either
voting,
maybe
running
for
office,
maybe
serving
on
a
police
force.