1
00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,760
Speaker 1: So far for organization Projects Citizenship, nearly two dozen applicants

2
00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:06,640
Speaker 1: have had their ceremonies canceled and hundreds more are in limbo.

3
00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:10,360
Speaker 1: Executive director Gail Breslau says the notices offered little information.

4
00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:15,120
Speaker 2: They say that it is based on unforeseen circumstances and

5
00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:21,800
Speaker 2: that of further communication will be forthcoming to include an

6
00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:25,600
Speaker 2: additional interview, appointment, or other actions.

7
00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:27,840
Speaker 1: At a ceremony two weeks ago, officials went down a

8
00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:30,200
Speaker 1: line asking people where they were from and plucked out

9
00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:33,040
Speaker 1: people that were from nineteen countries the Trump administration deemed

10
00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:36,479
Speaker 1: high risk. Mayor Michelle Wu called the administration's actions disturbing

11
00:00:36,479 --> 00:00:38,800
Speaker 1: and infuriating, highlighting the story of what it meant for

12
00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:40,840
Speaker 1: her parents to become naturalized citizens.

13
00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:44,000
Speaker 3: It meant the entire world when they were able to

14
00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:46,519
Speaker 3: raise their right hands and swear an oath to this

15
00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:49,479
Speaker 3: country that they loved so much that they gave up

16
00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:50,440
Speaker 3: everything they knew.

17
00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:53,840
Speaker 1: From Fanuel Hall, Kyle Bray WBZ, Boston's news radio