A ‘monumental’ journey: Nearly 200 people become American citizens at naturalization ceremony at UMass Amherst

A ‘monumental’ journey: Nearly 200 people become American citizens at naturalization ceremony at UMass Amherst

AMHERST — Ten years ago, Angelo Mercado began the lengthy and difficult process of becoming an American citizen. On Tuesday inside the Bowker Auditorium at Stockbridge Hall at the University of Massachusetts, that arduous journey finally came to an end.