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187 Immigrants Naturalized as U.S. Citizens at Las Cruces Ceremony

Michael Hernandez

http://youtu.be/BHJuRd3ugkM

187 immigrants and their families from around the world gathered at the Las Cruces Convention Center on July 19 to take the Oath of Allegiance.

That same week, President Trump told minority members of Congress in a tweet to "go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came."

In this documentary by Michael Hernandez, we''ll hear the stories of five immigrants, their responses to President Trump, and what it means to them to become American citizens.

Michael Hernandez was a multimedia reporter for KRWG Public Media from late 2017 through early 2020. He continues to appear on KRWG-TV from time to time on our popular "EnviroMinute" segments, which feature conservation and citizen science issues in the region.