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Edina Public Schools - CItizenship Ceremony
Edina City CouncilTuesday, April 14, 2015
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[4:29] Minnesota is now in session the Honorable Robert J pretzel presiding
[4:45] are going to be graded up we're going to follow directions well to go out to
[4:54] stand up sit down or raise the microphone well welcome to this great
[5:08] ceremony this is a great day for the United States as we welcome 45 new
[5:15] citizens from for 24 different countries I knowing the great day for decisions I
[5:25] want recognize first step in bringing these ceremonies together takes a lot of
[5:31] work first person x go through the faculty and staff where is your school a
[5:36] lot of effort into this thanks all fun for me US District Court first off the
[5:43] step del nuria for she need a 20 and
[5:49] from Immigration Service officers grateful Sharon Piper gee I want to
[5:58] thank the bingo book employers hope Robi's this set up outside your the
[6:04] register sixers all their sleep up here right now
[6:10] I sure hope wallet any fans the opportunity to register to vote that's
[6:16] one of the great Providence the party
[6:23] start we also love the South Beach Ingrid fire is when you come up our
[6:32] August and the star-spangled banner haulers
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[6:53] assembly but this is a court proceeding so please keep quiet they sing the
[6:59] star-spangled banner we take our right hands put on our chest basic American
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[8:48] ladies and gentlemen my name is Molly I am a seventh grader here at coffee middle school and since my first year in
[8:56] material everyone anti-racism student leadership on behalf of our internet
[9:02] community I like to say congratulations to you all we know you work so hard this
[9:07] is the moment you have been waiting one as on the job Paul Greenberg says today
[9:12] is a very special occasion of being a baptism wedding confirmation commencement or the jalar and
[9:19] thanksgiving all rolled into one we are glad to be here to honor and celebrate your nutrition ship and know that you
[9:25] are proof that this country of the country
[9:52] unlike their hearts these ceremonies is recognizing all the kind of countries
[9:58] that are citizens grunting so I'm going with a whole list of the countries
[10:04] represented here today and I call the name of the country from which you are are currently system to stand out
[10:11] briefly so we can recognize you ask people quad reach one because Elvis
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[10:29] welcome check the coven hope my ancestors welcome to green what could
[10:38] eat it welcome eritrea welcome back
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[11:02] from aldo dodgers one person from
[11:07] pakistan one person from south korea
[11:17] what person from sudan person from
[11:25] highline the two people of the People's
[11:31] Republic of China the top of a pole
[11:46] a couple from Russia we have I think for
[11:53] from India today three from Kenya three
[12:06] from Liberia please from Vietnam or from
[12:16] Cambodia high five people from Ethiopia
[12:32] you and our our tradition they are like this group from salon
[13:02] Your Honor if it pleases the court the government recommends the oath of
[13:10] allegiance he administered to 45 applicants for naturalization who have
[13:16] been interviewed and boost applications have been approved they are permanent
[13:21] residents of the United States and have resided within the same Park Minnesota
[13:28] district for the court three month period they are persons of good moral
[13:34] character who are attached to the principles of the Constitution and form
[13:40] of Overland the United States direct the government recommends that the court
[13:47] administered oath of allegiance as required by law so that the applicants
[13:53] may be admitted the citizenship and that the name changes requested in the
[13:59] mission deployment not everybody not
[14:15] everybody has a good moral character attested to by agency guys it's government so congratulations to you all
[14:22] I'm going to ask the citizens the persistence to please stand and it is to
[14:27] the Oval Office to you raise your right hand repeat after me of course an oval also please this is I
[14:37] solemnly swear to see that I will support and defend
[14:44] the Constitution and laws of the United
[14:50] States of America against all enemies foreign and domestic that I give up and
[15:01] surrender any allegiance to many king
[15:07] queen or prints are too many stain our country which I have been up until this
[15:16] take that as a citizen of the United States I will be lawfully directed bear
[15:29] arms or perform noncombatant service in
[15:36] the armed forces of the United States or I will undirected
[15:43] 449 military service on behalf of the United States I take these obligations
[15:52] freely without any purpose of evasion I
[15:59] declare today that I any citizen of the
[16:06] United States of America so
[16:40] ladies and gentlemen is my privilege the first person to congratulate you on your
[16:46] citizenship I applaud you for all the achievements that have led up to this day I also acknowledge the struggles and
[16:55] hardships that were made from necessary in making this thing necessary even your
[17:01] home- often saying goodbye to family and good friends traveler to this country
[17:06] and finding a home any time adjusting to a new culture your way of life for many
[17:14] of you lurking meaningless language I also want to acknowledge your family and
[17:20] your friends I know for my own experience that no one complices anything in life without help from
[17:28] family friends sometimes perfect strangers and your case officials of the
[17:35] naturalization and face the straightest I don't form any of your miss Logan
[17:40] citizens if representative dream come true it is my sincere wish for each of
[17:46] you on this special day that you will continue to treat and that all of your views will be able to come true I also
[17:54] realize that for many of your difficult part of the oath of allegiance that you just spoke is the park are you renounce
[18:02] allegiance to any foreign state or sovereignty however while the oath you
[18:09] took means you must no longer swear allegiance to the government of any other country it does not mean that you
[18:17] renounce your love of the land where you were born or for the people who live there it does not mean that you should
[18:24] forget if you are dated language I would hope the food it does not that you should forget the
[18:32] songs and the dances that you learned as a child never forget those things but
[18:40] the benefit of yourselves your children your grandchildren frankly every other
[18:45] citizen of the United States I hope that you reserve your native language heritage and culture doing some
[18:52] remodeling riches the lives of those of your family it also have riches America and all of us delivery for over 200
[19:00] years this country has been blessed at rustic infusion of new people from all
[19:06] over the world people who are brought their languages their parent is that their cultural values with them America
[19:13] is a combination of all the most nation that is come to its shores when you share with us the best of the culture
[19:21] for the country of your birth would help to teach us all the towers which is vital to our continued peaceful survival
[19:29] the strength of our nation lies in a very diversity of our people for that
[19:35] reason today you bless us Binay nine
[19:41] states citizen means that you are free the laws of this country and the government for his carts are designed to
[19:48] protect our freedom you are free to think on your own your own opinions
[19:54] to open these boys those opinions even when very few people agree with you you
[20:00] are free to work when you want to work read what you want to read say what you want to say we are free to believe what
[20:08] your heart tells you to believe to open the adhere to any religion for to not
[20:13] alone there is no single American way to think of the lead indeed conformity of
[20:20] thought and believed this contract reliable principles of this great nation as a US isn't you're free to follow your
[20:28] own path wherever they need you publish for your country's possibility but
[20:34] freedom of democracy comes with the responsibility to participate in the democratic process by police but
[20:42] educating yourself that you can make informed choices of yourself democracy
[20:49] only works when its members that's you know have developed their thoughts and
[20:55] opinions to the point where they could share them by casting developed by
[21:00] helping you choose those more governments every single election isn't
[21:05] portion and your participation in each is important as well the freedom of
[21:12] democracy also carries a responsibility to your community to always around
[21:17] democratic societies only north where the people who live there get along and
[21:22] they are tolerant of one another on your junk airport and the kind your neighbors
[21:28] and the people around you have to extend it very hand to those weak those in need
[21:35] our country will only continue to thrive as a radiation if we care about our
[21:41] fellow citizens and especially those of you as no citizens
[21:47] compassion and tolerance for us all to follow about last day I'm reminded of
[21:54] this occasion of the presidential addresses and if you watch President
[21:59] Obama and every president before him you will notice that all these opens his
[22:06] speech with the phrase my fellow Americans starting today he will be
[22:13] talking to
[22:30] I will present a compression I don't think he's here in person it's an honor
[22:47] and a privilege to call you a fellow citizen of the United States of America this is now officially your country your
[22:55] home to protect to defend and the cert through active and engaged citizenship
[23:00] together we are our nation united by any one culture or ethnicity or ideology but
[23:07] by the principles of opportunity equality and liberty thur enshrined in our founding documents today marks a
[23:15] very special day in your life you've traveled a long path to get here you
[23:20] swore a solemn oath to this country and now have all the rights of citizenship
[23:26] with the privilege of citizenship though come great responsibilities and so I ask
[23:31] that you use your freedoms and your talents to contribute to the good of our nation and the world always remember
[23:39] that in America don't drink is impossible by the millions metal prints of California you have the opportunity
[23:46] to enrich this country through your contributions to civic society business culture and your community you can help
[23:53] write the next great chapter in our American story and together we can keep
[23:59] the beacon that is America burning bright for all the world to see I'm
[24:04] proud to welcome you as a new citizen of this country may God bless you and may
[24:10] God continue to bless the United States of America
[24:42] just make sure
[24:47] these stars
[24:53] the flag still stands for p.m. if they can take
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[27:51] or lead us in the pledge of allegiance to the flag on the country as we do that
[27:56] again we will stay at all stand please game every play her right hand over
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[29:19] you're free to go on to that if you want all hang around the pictures I discover
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