32 sworn in as U.S. citizens

8/28/2010

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