How do you legally immigrate to the United States?

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Manara, 8, holds an American flag and her certificate of United States citizenship after a naturalization ceremony for children at the Denver Children’s Museum, July 20, 2023.

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Amadou Diop (from left), Mike Kibe and Abou Diop finish lunch and tea before before Friday prayer — and a visit to see Diop's cousin in immigration detention — on Feb. 28, 2025, the first night of Ramadan.

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Twenty-nine people from 14 countries of origin took the Oath of Citizenship at Boulder Public Library on Sept. 18, 2024 - and most of them promptly registered to vote at a nearby League of Women Voters table. Ash Heather, of Australia, at center, was among them.

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