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These new citizens of the United States would always remember July 2, 1993, as the first day they could proclaim themselves as Americans. It was also, apparently, the first-ever such ceremony conducted primarily in a language other than English. The actual oath of citizenship was administered in English as required by law. As a crowd from local and national media watched, U.S. District Judge Alfredo Marquez addressed the 76 people in Spanish. "You are famous," he told them. As allowed by federal law, this group was exempt from the English proficiency requirement. They were all over 50 years of age and had lived in the United States as permanent residents for 20 years, or were over 55 and had lived in America for 15 years. JIM DAVIS / ARIZONA DAILY STAR 1993
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After five years, my parents had taken night classes to learn English to become citizens. They were PROUD to learn the language and didn't NEED the oath in anything but English.