President Trump has been been criticized for declaring that illegal aliens should be immediately deported, and the left has hotly condemned the Trump administration’s policies of holding illegal aliens in detention, including sheltering their children separately.
Activists supporting illegal aliens raised over $20 million in a Facebook campaign to help the “separated families,” Democrats have claimed that the illegal aliens’ rights are being violated, and liberal attorneys have offered them free legal services.
Calls for the abolishment of ICE, along with wild protests at ICE centers, have escalated, and one immigrant protester took the matter to a new level as she attempted to climb the Statue of Liberty on Wednesday.
Amidst all the hoopla over the immigration crisis in America, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has flooded their Twitter account with examples of how many people are immigrating into the United States the legal way.
The USCIS has posted photos from many of the naturalization ceremonies which were held across the nation during the July 4th holiday week. The following list includes the number of new citizens who took the Oath of Allegiance and became new citizens of the United States this week, and the location of the ceremony:
- 37 – San Antonio, TX
- 50 – On the deck of the USS Midway in San Diego, CA
- 32 – Greeley, CO
- 48 – Raleigh, NC
- 76 – On deck of the USS Hornet, Alameda, CA
- 231 – Phoenix, AZ
- 585 – Boston, MA
- 101 – Mt. Vernon, VA
- 200 – New York, NY
- 50 – Winston-Salen, NC
- 20 – Albany, NY
- 500 – Seattle, WA
- 20 – Tucson, AZ
- 19 – Orlando, FL
- 51 – New Orleans, LA
Below are photos which USCIS posted on Twitter of the many naturalization ceremonies held across the country this week.
Director Cissna welcomed 37 new U.S. citizens from 18 countries at a naturalization ceremony at the Bexar County Courthouse in San Antonio, Texas. He also visited with staff at our San Antonio Field Office. #newUScitizen pic.twitter.com/qeFh6P1Px9
— USCIS (@USCIS) July 2, 2018
Fifty people took the Oath of Allegiance on the deck of the USS Midway in San Diego, California. As one of the largest ships in the world, it honors the battles fought on behalf of our nation. #newUScitizen pic.twitter.com/cV2LaGgCYd
— USCIS (@USCIS) July 3, 2018
The past welcomed the future today when 32 people became new U.S. citizens during a celebration of the Declaration of Independence at Centennial Village in Greeley, Colorado. #newUScitizen pic.twitter.com/plDAju5akX
— USCIS (@USCIS) July 3, 2018
Our Raleigh – Durham Field Office held a naturalization ceremony for forty-eight new U.S. citizens as they became a part of our great nation at Fort Johnson, which was destroyed during the American Revolutionary War. pic.twitter.com/BY83dtZnSt
— USCIS (@USCIS) July 4, 2018
The USS Hornet played a major part in our military history. Yesterday, she played a major part in hosting a naturalization ceremony for 76 people who took the Oath of Allegiance. #newUScitizen pic.twitter.com/vQeJeS9FYx
— USCIS (@USCIS) July 4, 2018
The American flags were flying as the Phoenix, AZ Field Office hosted a naturalization ceremony for 231 people from 43 countries taking the Oath of Allegiance to become new U.S. citizens. #newUScitizen pic.twitter.com/dqozjha4SG
— USCIS (@USCIS) July 4, 2018
585 people took the Oath of Allegiance at a naturalization ceremony hosted by the Boston Field Office in recognition of Independence Day in Lowell, MA. #newUScitizen pic.twitter.com/c409GhxyEL
— USCIS (@USCIS) July 4, 2018
George Washington’s Mt. Vernon celebrated the 242nd anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with a naturalization ceremony for 101 candidates from 50 countries. #newUScitizen #4thofJuly @DHSgov pic.twitter.com/lPL74POfNf
— USCIS (@USCIS) July 4, 2018
Happiness abounds as people celebrate becoming new U.S. citizens at George Washington’s Mt. Vernon in celebration of the 242nd anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. #newUScitizen #4thofJuly Check out our video: pic.twitter.com/iKDDFbjDga
— USCIS (@USCIS) July 4, 2018
The New York Field Office hosted a naturalization ceremony at the @nypl with 200 people taking the Oath of Allegiance to become new U.S. citizens. #newUScitizen pic.twitter.com/NNNWVdEeBB
— USCIS (@USCIS) July 4, 2018
Fifty new American citizens took the Oath of Allegiance at the Old Salem Museums & Gardens in Winston-Salem, NC—the site of the first public July 4th celebration. #4thofJuly#newUScitizen pic.twitter.com/1UVP2CkhbH
— USCIS (@USCIS) July 4, 2018
The Albany Field Office hosted a naturalization ceremony for 20 new U.S. citizens from 14 countries at Saratoga National Historical Park in Stillwater, NY – the site of a crucial victory during the American War for Independence. #newUScitizen #4thofJuly @SaratogaNHP pic.twitter.com/FX7G8ltZQj
— USCIS (@USCIS) July 5, 2018
The Seattle, WA Field Office welcomed 500 new U.S. citizens at the annual Independence Day naturalization ceremony at the Seattle Center. #newUScitizen #4thofJuly pic.twitter.com/830UDMQ5RR
— USCIS (@USCIS) July 5, 2018
The Tucson Field Office used the desert landscape of Saguaro National Park as the backdrop for a naturalization ceremony where 20 people from 8 countries became new U.S. citizens. #newUScitizen pic.twitter.com/lej1qlxXO0
— USCIS (@USCIS) July 5, 2018
The Orlando Field Office welcomed 19 new citizens from 12 countries who took the Oath of Allegiance at a naturalization ceremony during the city’s “Olde Fashioned Independence Day Celebration.” #newUScitizen pic.twitter.com/lEA8c1ENQj
— USCIS (@USCIS) July 5, 2018
Beneath a historic World War II aircraft at The National World War II Museum in New Orleans, LA, 51 people from 24 different countries became citizens of the United States. #newUScitizen pic.twitter.com/szoeVYYo6z
— USCIS (@USCIS) July 5, 2018