Immigrant (and Naturalized Citizen — and Voter) of the Day: Claudia Garate-House (Chile)

From the San Francisco Bay Area:  Chilean immigrant Claudia Garate-House, whose story of abuse as a domestic service worker made her a symbol of the fledgling movement of undocumented immigrants rights, last week took the oath to become a U.S. citizen at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland.  Garate-House emerged publicly in 1993 to demand justice for her mistreatment only to be deported by immigration authorities. Garate-House returned to California several times, crossing the border by foot and by car, even dodging bullets.  After being sworn in as a U.S. citizen, Garate-House  registered to vote.

KJ