'I belong here': New US citizens take oath on Ellis Island
Ellis Island (United States) (AFP) - Tears flowed and flags waved as 200 New Yorkers became US citizens Saturday during a special naturalization ceremony at the city's famed Ellis Island, which once welcomed thousands of immigrants daily. Citizenship candidates hailing from about 60 different countries filed into the former immigration station's great hall, where some 12 million people entered the United States over the course of six decades in the early 20th century. The ceremony, the first of its kind on the island since 2016, marked the anniversary of the constitution's signing in 1787 and...