WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 03: (L-R) U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Nicolas Alvarado Lopez, who was originally from Ecuador, of Queens, New York, and siblings Mayank Patel and Hitarthi Patel, who were originally from India, of Fairfax, Virginia, are sworn in during a naturalization ceremony at the Treasury Department July 3, 2013 in Washington, DC. More than 7,800 people will become citizens at more than 100 special ceremonies, as part of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services' (USCIS) annual celebration of Independence Day, across the country and around the world from July 1 to July 5. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
