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Seventy-two people from 34 countries became American citizens during a naturalization ceremony at Mount Rushmore.

New citizen Rose Wah, a nurse from Liberia, said she came to the U.S. for a better future and education.

South Dakota officials, including Gov. Larry Rhoden and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, spoke at the event.

Rose Wah came to the U.S. at the age of 8 to join her father who had immigrated to Sioux Falls from the West African country of Liberia.

Wah graduated from Roosevelt High School and earned a nursing degree from South Dakota State University in 2024. She now works as a pediatric nurse at the Lifescape Children’s Services clinic in Sioux Falls.

As of Oct. 2, Wah now holds a new title — that of American citizen.

“I feel good and will now have the per

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