U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the U.S. District Court of Kansas will welcome 100 new U.S. citizens Friday at Wichita State University. District Judge John Broomes will preside, and a clerk of the court will administer the Oath of Allegiance.
The citizenship candidates originate from 29 countries: Afghanistan, Bulgaria, Burma, Burundi, Canada, China, Cambodia, Congo (Kinshasa), Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Eritrea, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Philippines, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago and Vietnam.
The citizenship candidates live in Andover, Bel Aire, Coffeyville, Colby, Derby, Dodge City, Garden City, Great Bend, Hays, Johnson, Liberal, Newton, Salina, Strong City, St. Francis, Sublette, Wichita and Winfield.
