United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Wifredo A. Ferrer will participate and deliver remarks at a special naturalization ceremony conducted by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) at the USCIS office in Miami, Florida on FRIDAY, NOV. 18, AT 11:00 A.M. EST. District Director Linda Swacina of the USCIS will administer the Oath of Allegiance to 170 candidates from 27 countries who will become America’s newest citizens.
The 170 naturalization candidates originate from the following 27 countries: Argentina, Bahamas, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico, Morocco, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Russia, Spain, Thailand, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
USCIS is asking new citizens and their families and friends to share the experiences and photos from their ceremonies via Twitter using the hashtag #newUScitizen. For more information about USCIS visit www.uscis.gov.
WHAT:
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services conducting a special naturalization ceremony
WHO:
U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Wifredo A. Ferrer
USCIS Miami and Caribbean District Director Linda Swacina
USCIS Miami Field Office Director Yeseira Diaz
USCIS Senior Immigration Services Officer Melissa Andrews
WHEN:
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2016
11:00 a.m. EST
WHERE:
Department of Homeland Security
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
8801 NW 7th Avenue, Miami FL 33150
OPEN PRESS
NOTE:
Media should RSVP to USCIS Public Information Officer Ana Santiago at ana.e.santiago@uscis.dhs.gov. All media must present government-issued photo I.D. (such as a driver’s license) as well as valid media credentials.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
