Services, ms. Sarah taylor. Associate director at citizenship and immigration services, mr. Daniel renaud and the Vice President of the United States, mike pence. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. My name is sarah taylor. Im director at u. S. Citizenship and immigration services. Its my pleasure to welcome you, your friends, your family and your guests to this very special naturalization ceremony here at the Eisenhower Executive Office building south court auditorium. I would like to especially thank the Vice President for hosting us here in this special place. Today we celebrate you as americas newest citizens and we celebrate Constitution Day and citizenship day as part of constitution week. We mark this special celebration by connecting the constitution and citizenship and reflecting on what it means to become a United States citizen. To officially begin our ceremony, i would like to ask everyone to rise, place your right hand over your heart for the singing of the National Anthem by
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