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Arturo Us and his son, Arturo Jr, proudly display their US citizenship certificates in front of the courthouse in Alexandria. The two are pastors of Louisiana Baptist Hispanic congregations and received their citizenship during a naturalization ceremony on May 13.

Father and son earn their U.S. citizenship

May 28, 2015

By Brian Blackwell, Message Staff Writer

FLORIEN – Arturo Us Sr. is proud to be an American.

He’s reminded of that every day as he ministers to Hispanics throughout a three-parish area, preaching from the pulpit on Sundays at his church and, also, when he thinks about the United States citizenship he earned on Nov. 6.

“I’m thankful to God I’m a US citizen,” Us said. “I’m blessed. I think it’s the will of God that he brought me here to this place.”

Us is not the only person in his family who is an . . .

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