Congressman Rogers addresses the new citizens at the naturalization ceremony at MSU Wharton Center on Feb. 14, 2005.

The 380 new citizens take their U.S. citizenship oath.

Congressman Mike Rogers (center) with one of the family groups sworn in as new citizens. With him are, from left, Michel Kanakuze and two of his seven children, daughters, Noelle and Leontine, and his wife, Berthilde. The Rwandan family lives in Lansing.