SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – It was a special day for 50 former refugees on Thursday.
The group was sworn in as US citizens at a ceremony at the Sacramento Public Library.
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“I’m so excited. I dreamed about this day a long, long time,” one new citizen said at the ceremony.
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