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"I Absolutely and Entirely Renounce..." | Center for Immigration Studies
The Ombudsman at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (the portion of the old INS that does green cards and citizenship) has a new report out on improving naturalization ceremonies (in pdf here ). A lot of it's administrative stuff, but there are a couple of gems about judges who sometimes ...
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Corrupting citizenship ceremonies
Michelle Malkin — Corrupting citizenship ceremonies By Michelle Malkin•December 17, 2008 04:23 PM For those of you who are naturalized Americans, and who take the oath of citizenship seriously, this item will make your blood boil. Posted in: ...

Immigration Services Report: Naturalization Ceremony Conducted Entirely In Spanish
Say Anything — ... The Center for Immigration Studies notes a couple of blood-boiling incidents at naturalization ceremonies (the event held to swear in new American citizens) in ...

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Wizbang — Mark Krikorian, the executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies is at it again - The Ombudsman at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (the portion of the old INS that does green cards and citizenship) has a new report out on improving naturalization ceremonies (in pdf here). A lot of it's administrative stuff, but there are a couple of gems about judges who sometimes administer the oath of citizenship. First this: Inappropriate Religious or Political Remarks. In one judicial ceremony, an official participant of the ceremony made explicit sectarian religious ...

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