On Monday, 59 people became United States citizens in a ceremony at the Robert C. Byrd U.S. Courthouse in Charleston. U.S. District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin presided over the ceremony, and U.S. Magistrate Judge Omar Aboulhosn spoke to the new citizens. The new citizens' names and countries of origin are:
Veronica Louise Adkins, Canada; Mohammed Nur Ahmed, Ethiopia; Amani Mahmud Algammudi, Libya; Jose Antonio Anguiano Godinez, Mexico; Juan Carlos Argueta, El Salvador; Ranjeet Singh Bir, India; Cybele Tomizawa Boehm, Brazil; Pattarin Chinakul, Thailand; Maria Morena Cabral Cisco, Philippines; Oksana Vladimirovna Claypool, Kyrgyzstan; Almalleli Cruz McManus, Mexico; Phat Huu Do, Vietnam; Marissa Manosca Fields, Philippines; Tigist Abebe Gizaw, Ethiopia; Shanti Gurung, Nepal; Mestawet Ergete Habetegebrel, Ethiopia; Coleen Elizabeth Hall, Jamaica; Satish Kollipara, Canada; Jyoti Lama, Nepal; Thelma Estandian Lansang, Philippines; Ramon Salalila Lansang Jr., Philippines; Duong Thuy Le, Vietnam; Juan De Dios Lopez, Mexico; Menchie Dumlao Lustania, Philippines; Inga Mathis, Lithuania; Nourah Mohammad Adel Mohammad, Jordan; Pablo Arturo Montoya Carmona, Chile; Maria Borisovna Mordvinova Pack, Russia; Tram Quynh Nguyen, Russia; Barbara Kuna Nyamndi, Cameroon; Osiyemi Olukayode Osinowo, Nigeria; Dawit Woldemariam Ouka, Ethiopia; Ansuyaben Ashokkumar Patel, India; Janaklal Bhikhabhai Patel, India; Nilam T. Patel, India; Shobhaben Janaklal Patel, India; Dayan Anselm Perera, Sri Lanka; Suyasha Pradhan, Nepal; Sarah Nell Ritchey, United Kingdom; Latifeh Samadi, Iran; Giorgio Bianchi Saraceno, Italy; Robert Kwesi Sevor, Ghana; Kashyap Rajeshkumar Shah, India; Linda Shupikayi Simoyi, Zimbabwe; Aung Aung Soe, Burma; Helga Lorena Stone, Chile; Uyen Ngoc Han Trang, Vietnam; Minming Wang, People's Republic of China; Johana Isabel Weaver, Colombia; Abel Hailu Woldeyes, Ethiopia; Takeshi Yamamoto, Japan; Johanna Jover Yongque, Philippines; Leoncio Jr. De La Torre Yongque, Philippines; Ma Lourdes Jover Yongque, Philippines; Shahrbanou Sepideh Zamzami, Iran; Getachew Tizazu Zeleke, Ethiopia; Senait Araya Zerom, Ethiopia; Omair Tahir Zia, Pakistan; Christine Lusk Zinn, United Kingdom.