[Magdalen] Naturalization Ceremony

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

They all had individual interviews with Homeland Security prior to taking
the oath; I'm pretty sure they made sure the folks all knew what they were
signing up for.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 12:31 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:

> IANT but the oath contains the following:
> "I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity
> to any ... state or sovereignty of whom or which I have heretofore been
> a subject or citizen."
>
> Amazing to me that non-native speakers (and probsbly most native
> speakers) of our common language understand that sentence.
> -M
>
> On Wednesday, June 10, 2015, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Out of curiosity, Tony, what would be a reason *not* to become a citizen
> > after so long? As I understand it, you could still retain your British
> > citizenship under British law.
> >
> >
>