Latino Marine among new citizens welcomed at Mount Vernon ceremony

By Michael Alison Chandler, Washington Post

More than 100 immigrants took the final step toward becoming U.S. citizens during a special Independence Day ceremony at Mount Vernon by raising their right hands and taking the Oath of Allegiance to the United States.

For five men wearing dress blues, white hats and polished shoes, the oath followed a commitment they had already made to their adopted country when they enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps.

Juan Cerda Guerra, 29, came to the United States from Mexico when he was 5 years old.

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