Two of the immigrants sworn in as new U.S. citizens during the second night of the Republican National Committee convention were only told of President Donald Trump’s involvement at the last minute and were never informed beforehand that their ceremony would be aired as part of the party’s campaign festivities.
According to the Wall Street Journal, two women from the group of five, Indian immigrant Sudha Narayanan and Sudanese immigrant Neimat Awadelseid, were not aware their naturalization ceremony at the White House was to be part of the RNC’s partisan celebration of Trump. The Journal was not able to contact the other three new citizens participating the ceremony.
“Ms. Narayanan and Ms. Awadelseid said they didn’t mind being featured in the convention, saying in interviews Wednesday that they were still celebrating their newly granted citizenship,” the story notes. “”Ms. Awadelseid, 66 years old, a Sudanese immigrant and a substitute teacher, said she remembers signing a media release form, but doesn’t remember being told about the Republican convention.” Continue reading.