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Cynthia Verduzco, of Newark, is photographed near her home in Newark on Oct. 30, 2025. Verduzco became a U.S. citizen in May of this year by participating in a program provided by the Immigration Institute of the Bay Area. The Immigration Institute of the Bay Area helps immigrants prepare for their naturalization interview by offering free citizenship classes so they can pass the naturalization test. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)Institute director: “What's happening right now is a reflection of something that I will never quite understand. But I think that at the core of who we are as a people, we are decent."
Originally published at Jason Mastrodonato