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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
David Struett

Nearly 2,000 granted U.S. citizenship in largest Chicago ceremony ever: ‘I consider this my home’

Candidates for U.S. citizenship recite the Pledge of Allegiance during a naturalization ceremony at Wintrust Arena on Wednesday. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

When Svjetlana Kiponjic left Bosnia nine years ago, she was looking for a better life.

She got a green card, worked a cleaning job, then met the love of her life. They married six years ago and had a child, David, now 2.

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