Sheyla Muñoz Garcia, center, and her five children smile next to U.S. Chief Judge Peter Welte. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)
(North Dakota Monitor) – Sheyla Muñoz Garcia came to the United States from Mexico 15 years ago. All five of her children are U.S. citizens. She became a citizen, too.
Muñoz Garcia was one of 40 new U.S. citizens who took the oath of allegiance at the William L. Guy Federal Courthouse in Bismarck to complete the final step of their naturalization process.
She said she decided to become a citizen this year to ensure that her permanent residency status could never be revoked.
“I had my green card and I was just trying to make sure my status is here, you know, because all my kids are Americans,” Muñoz Garcia said.
She said she previously lived in Oklahoma, but decided to raise her family in North Dakota because she felt safe in the Peace Garden State.
“The kids really enjoy the outside at the farm and everything,” she said. Muñoz Garcia just gave birth to her youngest daughter 10 weeks ago and she was overjoyed to have her whole family in the courtroom to see their mother join them as citizens.
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