On the recordSeptember 27, 1996
And she was there doing a reporter's job about these citizens becoming the new U.S. citizens. One of them was her mother. And she came up to me and said, my mother is so proud. Not because she just passed the test, but she did it in English because she wanted to be mainstream American. And you could see in Maria's eyes, someone who has lived her whole life here, that lump in her throat. She was so proud of her mother wanting be mainstream American and proud to be an American. And that is what it is all about.
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