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On the recordJuly 14, 2026
“Today, 60 new Americans from 25 countries took an oath that binds us all—not by birth, but by shared belief in our country's promise. My own mother came to this country as a two-year-old refugee from Lithuania, and I keep her naturalization certificate framed in my office to this day. It reminds me that America has always been strengthened, not weakened like some want us to believe, by those who choose it. To our newest citizens: you now carry both the rights and the responsibilities of this democracy, and I'm counting on you to exercise and defend them. What an incredible way to begin the holiday weekend,”
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Celebrating new citizens at a naturalization ceremony.

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