NEW YORK — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Chief of Staff Juliet K. Choi and Judge Denny Chin will preside over a special citizenship ceremony at the Museum of Food and Drink on Friday, December 23rd at 10:30 a.m. Museum Executive Director Peter Kim will also make remarks.
The 20 new U.S. citizens range in age from 5 to 15, and derived citizenship from their parents. They originate from the following 14 countries: Albania, Algeria, China, Colombia, Greece, Haiti, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Thailand, and Ukraine. The Museum of Food and Drink’s current exhibition, Chow, celebrates the contributions of Chinese immigrants to American food culture, and features hundreds of artifacts, live wok cooking demonstrations, and a working fortune cookie machine.
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WHO: Juliet K. Choi, Chief of Staff, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Honorable Denny Chin, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit
Peter Kim, Executive Director, Museum of Food and Drink
WHEN: Friday, December 23rd at 10:30 a.m.
WHERE: Museum of Food and Drink, 62 Bayard Street, Brooklyn, New York 11222
CONTACT: Katie Tichacek, USCIS Public Affairs Officer, 212-264-5098, 202-420-9581 (cell), katherine.tichacek@dhs.gov
RSVP: For planning purposes, media attending the ceremony are requested to RSVP to Katie Tichacek (contact info above) by 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 22nd.
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