There is nothing more inspiring, nothing so pride-filling, as watching people who longed to come to America becoming Americans.
In Minneapolis today, one of the largest naturalization ceremonies ever hosted here featured 1,500 new citizens from 100 different countries.
The Current’s Mark Wheat was one of them.
Wheat reflects on his accomplishment on the Current’s website.
(Photos: Nate Ryan/MPR)
Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
Bob Collins