26 people from 11 countries become US citizens today in a ceremony held at the Old State Capitol. US District Judge Colleen Lawless presided over the ceremony where those individuals took the oath of citizenship.
Retiring US Senator Dick Durbin spoke to the soon to be citizens. Encouraging them to be active citizens, to register to vote and to talk about the issues that matter most to them.
Durbin approaching his final days in the Senate is optimistic that after 25 years – his Dream Act could pass the Senate and get approval from the White House to provide a pathway to citizenship for undocumented people brought to the county as children.
