Secretary Mayorkas to Welcome New Americans on Citizenship Day in New York

 

USCIS: Secretary Mayorkas to Welcome New Americans on Citizenship Day in New York

200 immigrants from 46 countries will naturalize at first-ever naturalization ceremony at Lincoln Center’s Damrosch Park

USCIS: Naturalization Ceremonies

The Oath of Allegiance

I hereby declare, 

on oath, 

that I absolutely and entirely 

renounce and abjure 

all allegiance and fidelity 

to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, 

of whom or which I have heretofore 

been a subject or citizen; 

that I will support and defend 

the Constitution 

and laws of the United States of America 

against all enemies, 

foreign and domestic; 

that I will bear true faith 

and allegiance to the same;

that I will bear arms 

on behalf of the United States 

when required by the law; 

that I will perform noncombatant service 

in the Armed Forces of the United States 

when required by the law; 

that I will perform work 

of national importance under civilian direction 

when required by the law; 

and that I take this obligation freely, 

without any mental reservation 

or purpose of evasion; 

so help me God.