U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the U.S. District Court of Kansas will welcome 101 new U.S. citizens Friday at Wichita State University. Magistrate Judge Kenneth Gale will preside, and a clerk of the court will administer the Oath of Allegiance.

The citizenship candidates originate from 26 countries: Afghanistan, American Samoa, Benin, Burma, Canada, Colombia, Congo (Kinshasa), Cuba, Egypt, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, India, Iran, Iraq, Mexico, Nepal, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Taiwan, Tunisia, Turkey and Vietnam.

The citizenship candidates live in Andover, Bucklin, Dodge City, Garden City, Hays, Hugoton, Liberal, Madison, Maize, McPherson, Park City, Plains, Spearville, Sublette and Wichita.