Friday, September 16, 2011

15 immigrants sworn in as new U.S. citizens

After going through years of hard work, these immigrants have finally become American citizens. - - Donna Poisl

By TOM LUTEY Of The Gazette Staff

The road to U.S. citizenship isn’t easy, with questions to be answered about the U.S. Constitution and national history that would stump some natural-born citizens.

New U.S. citizen Alina Popa not only gave the right answers to those questions, but if there was a pop quiz on U.S geography, the 28-year-old native Romanian could have located Cooke City on a map.

Popa’s U.S. citizenship journey, finalized Thursday with a swearing-in at U.S. District Court in Billings, began seven years ago at a high-mountain hotel in Cooke City, elevation 8,200 feet.
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