Around three dozen teens from Asia and Latin America have received citizenship certificates at a special ceremony in New Mexico.
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on Friday presented the certificates in Rio Rancho, New Mexico for minors who recently earned citizenship through their parents.
The teens, from ages 14 to 18, earned citizenship after they were adopted or after a parent became a naturalized citizenship. Children as young as 5-years-old also earned citizenship Friday but their certificates were mailed to their parents' homes.
Immigration officials administered an Oath of Allegiance in front of family.
The agency says the children are originally from places such as Iraq, China, Mexico, and Cuba.
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