Photo: IRC
Bushra Naji joined in with other refugees and immigrants from around the world in a ceremony Sept. 10 to celebrate their new status and to mark the beginning of their new lives as U.S. citizens.
On a Tuesday morning in a Brooklyn, N.Y., courthouse, dozens of new American citizens stand and recite the Pledge of Allegiance, each pronouncing the words with his or her unique accent but all reciting it perfectly from memory.