Thirty-two area residents from 17 countries were sworn in Friday as new American citizens during a ceremony at the federal courthouse in downtown Toledo.
The new residents and the countries of their birth are:
Bahamas — Jonathan Kabir Amahl Higgins
Brazil — Daniele Ceratti
Bulgaria — Gergana Georgieva Velkova
Canada — Noura Elnaji
Hungary — Marianna Johnson
India — Navpreet Josh, Bharat Bhushan Sharma, Puneet Singla, Jaswinder Singh Sran, Mohit Uppal
Jordan — Maram Saleh Rashed, Manal Faisal Abu Rub
Mexico — Mario Alberto Gallegos, Jose Antonio Jaime, Irma Pina Orduno
Nigeria — Christiana Ngozi Alaegbu, Paul Ehi Eguabor, Patricia Omabhojie Okoyomo
Pakistan — Anjum Pervaiz Abbas, Imran Khalid Durrani
People's Republic of China — Chun Hei Li, Maggie Wang
Philippines — Maricel Daclitan Bressler, Annabelle Badeo Butler, Wenefreda Guillera Morados
Russia — Arkadi Zakharovich Khugaev, Tamara Khugaeva
Rwanda — Grace Nyiramugisha
Syria — Reem Ali Shita
Taiwan — Hui Ling Chen, Lan Shin Nancy Wilson
United Kingdom — Margaret Waldeck