Ahilleas Panagiotis Bordovalos, originally from Greece, left, Kareemah Ajoke Ashiru, originally from Nigeria, Toheeb Oluwatoyin Adeshina, also from Nigeria, and Ban Fadel al Sharaf, originally from Iraq, taking the Oath of Citizenship.
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'The Singing Blue' a choir at St. Francis de Sales performs at the naturalization ceremony.
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Peter Ujvagi, Lucas County chief of public policy and legislative affairs, a St. Francis de Sales graduate and, with his family, a refugee from Hungary after the country's revolution in 1956, is the guest speaker.
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Sheikhnur Abdulhafid Faqi, originally from Somalia, receives citizenship papers and other information during the ceremony.
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Maria Fernanda Ruocco, originally from Italy, is congratulated after receiving her citizenship papers. Behind her are Liming Shi, from the People's Republic of China and Muhammad Sohail, of Pakistan.
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Salah Al Saraf, 1, of Toledo, with theU.S. flag during the ceremony. Her mother, Ban Fadel Al Saraf of Iraq, became a U.S. citizen.
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Jos Martin Delgado Lopez, originally from Mexico, left, Qiang Li, originally from the People's Republic of China, center, and Heidi Johanna Wehrmann Lamarr, originally from Canada, right, welcome each other as new citizens of America.
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Amal Isho of Iraq holds her daughter Margette Isho after she received her citizenship papers in the ceremony
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