Syracuse, NY -- They came from China, Mexico, Germany, Burkina Faso and 25 other countries. But on Thursday, they all became U.S. citizens. Judge Michael Hanuszczak conducted the naturalization ceremony for 41 new citizens at the Onondaga County Courthouse in Syracuse. The Syracuse Chorale Chamber Singers performed for the ceremony. The board of elections gave each new citizen a...
View full sizeJason K. Weir (center), of Chittenango and originally from Northern Ireland, is photographed by his son, Ethan, 8, and his father-in-law, Harrold Garn, of Louisville, Ky., on Thursday during a naturalization ceremony at the Onondaga County Courthouse. Syracuse, NY -- They came from China, Mexico, Germany, Burkina Faso and 25 other countries. But on Thursday, they all became U.S. citizens. Judge Michael Hanuszczak conducted the naturalization ceremony for 41 new citizens at the Onondaga County Courthouse in Syracuse.
The Syracuse Chorale Chamber Singers performed for the ceremony. The board of elections gave each new citizen a U.S. flag. The new citizens are:
• Faustina Osei Abbey
• Vakil Khurshidovich Abdullayev
• Abdullahi Hassan Ahmed
• Ibrahim Alic
• Stephen Benjamin Appiah Asare
• Sibet Salvano Banat
• Advije Berisa
• Sebastian Pintos Bonilla
• Arnab Dasgupta
• Diana Veronica DeCarlo
• Ileana Diaz Barco
• Ahmed Haji Ferus
• Ricardo Juan Garcia Alemany
• Larisa Feliksovna Golovanyuk
• Seung Hyun Ham
• Xiaohong Harris
• Farheen Husain
• Armina Ibrahimovic
• Tao Jiang
• Lubomir Stefanov Kalpaktchiev
• Alexis William Koffi Kangah
• Venkatrama Ravinaag Kartikh Khambhampati
• Ama Angela Konadu
• Maria Zulamey Lozano
• Elias Beyene Mekete
• Beatrice Afua Mintah
• Husni Ali Rashid Mousa
• Babou Claver Nebie
• Jae Chan Oh
• Meeta Hemant Panwala
• Thiru Chittampalam Paranthaman
• Romita Ray
• Vera Nora Rice
• Daniela Renee Riveros
• Glenda Rodriguez Viera
• Danilo Sanchez
• Shukri Mahamed Smith
• Penka Stevanovik
• Huyen Thi Thuy Truong
• Sergii Vasylevskyi
• Jason Kenneth Weir