By ANDREA LANNOM
The Register-Herald
(Register-Herald photo by Rick Barbero)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — For Sandebel Hanna Rhodes, Monday marked the end of a long journey to citizenship.
She was born in Syria but she and her family left when she was a baby. The Charleston event planner and mother still speaks Arabic fluently.
“For me, becoming a citizen wasn’t so much trying to lose who I was but to actually add to my life,” Rhodes said. “I love America. All I know is America. I’ve been here for almost 33 years and now, I’m finally a citizen.”
Rhodes was one of 70 people who took the oath of allegiance in Monday’s naturalization ceremony at the federal courthouse in Charleston.
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