Federal Trump-appointed judge bars League of Women Voters group from attending citizenship ceremony
People listen to the national anthem during the United States Citizenship Naturalization Ceremony at City Hall Friday, Nov. 22, 2019, in Houston.Hundreds of newly naturalized American citizens left an Aldine community center on Wednesday with huge smiles on their faces and little American flags in their hands, hugging relatives and taking pictures with certificates affirming their American citizenship and all the rights it imparts.
The chief U.S. District Judge of the region, Lee H. Rosenthal, confirmed that for the November ceremony the voting rights group was not present. She and other judges in the Southern District of Texas said they've included the League of Women Voters at previous ceremonies. Eskridge's appointment to judgeship in the Southern District of Texas by former President Donald Trump received rare bipartisan support. He wasWhile judges are not legally obligated to allow the League of Women Voters into naturalization ceremonies,
Volunteers typically teach attendees how to fill out the cards and then collect them once they are sworn in, getting on-the-spot registrations from as many as 90 percent of the thousands of new citizens, Johnson-Benifield said. That's why she was disappointed Eskridge did not let the League of Women Voters attend on Wednesday.
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