George W. Bush and Mrs. Bush honored America’s immigrant heritage with an official immigration naturalization ceremony on March 18, 2019.Grant Miller / George W. Bush Presidential Center
By Associated Press
NBC News
DALLAS — Former President George W. Bush welcomed new U.S. citizens during a naturalization ceremony in Dallas, saying that “amid all the complications of policy, may we never forget that immigration is a blessing and a strength.”
Bush and former first lady Laura Bush both spoke to the 50 or so candidates for naturalization during the ceremony Monday at his institute at the George W. Bush Presidential Center.