More than 50 new U.S. citizens were welcomed at a citizenship and naturalization ceremony Friday at the Robert C. Byrd Federal Courthouse in Charleston.

The ceremony was presided over by Frank W. Volk, chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia. The keynote speaker was Susan Brewer, Interim Dean of the WVU College of Law. Kanawha Valley

'Today marks a new beginning': 48 new US citizens welcomed at Charleston ceremony

By Olivia Haught ohaught@hdmediallc.com

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'We are all migrants'

Fifty-two people from 29 countries took the naturalization oath, received citizenship certificates and heard from distinguished speakers.

One of the new citizens spoke at the ceremony. For more than 10 years, Dr. Ahsan Iqbal said he's felt more like an

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