32 from 17 nations take U. S. citizenship oath

10/2/2010
BLADE STAFF

The new citizens, listed by their homeland, are:

Canada - Ian Alexander Miners.

Ghana - Eunice Maccarthy and Thomas Tetteh Maccarthy.

Guatemala - Edmida Del Rosario Hintz.

India - Padma Kaur, Jayesh Kantibhai Patel, and Amanjeev Singh.

Jordan - Neda Ballut, Naim Shehdeh Abed Elkhalik, and Orwa Naim Abed Elkhalik.

Lebanon - Mohamad Ali Khaled El Abyad and Afif Assaad Zoorob.

Liberia - Mentu Aaron Snoh.

Macedonia - Jovan Bocvarov.

Mexico - Vicente Mendez, Lydia Meza, Juana Chavez Torres, Teresita Gutierrez Valadez, Jaime Zapata, and Oralia Zimmerman.

Nigeria - Lillian Monisola Haastrup and Stephen Adedunjoye Haastrup.

Pakistan - Taimur Salar Butt.

People's Republic of China - Chun Zhen Lin, Kun Xiang, and Lisa Ke Yuan.

Philippines - Elshimaa Viola Guiwa and Marites Diomangay Hague.

Syria - Khaled Al Khatib.

Tunisia - Marwan Abdessalem.

Venezuela - Rosa Elena Caseres.

Vietnam - Tiffany Tran Hoang.