35 Union County Locals Become U.S. Citizens

Union, NJ - Congrats!

Thirty-five Union County locals from 22 countries were sworn in as United States citizens on Monday, June 20 at the Liberty Hall Museum at Kean University in Union.

This was the first naturalization ceremony held at the hall.

All of the new citizens who took the United States Oath of Allegiance at Liberty Hall Museum live in Union County.

They were born in the following countries:

• Algeria (1);
• Angola (1);
• Brazil (2);
• Colombia (1);
• Costa Rica (1);
• Cuba (1);
• Dominica (1);
• Dominican Republic (3);
• Ecuador (2);
• El Salvador (2);
• France (1);
• Ghana (1);
• Guyana (1);
• Haiti (5);
• Italy (1);
• Nicaragua (1);
• Nigeria (1);
• Peru (2);
• Philippines (1);
• Portugal (4);
• St. Kitts-Nevis (1);
• Ukraine (1).

“This was so much more than I expected,” stated Taissa Vaz of Elizabeth, who emigrated from Brazil. “It was wonderful and beautiful.”

(Photo provided: 35 new U.S. citizens from 22 countries were sworn in June 20 at the first-ever Naturalization Ceremony held at Liberty Hall Museum at Kean University, which was the home of New Jersey’s first governor.)

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