‘You have a place’: More than a hundred people from 41 countries naturalized as U.S. citizens and honored at the Utah Capitol

That is how Benjamin Lamah described his feelings Friday as he and scores of other Utahns were naturalized as U.S. citizens and honored at the state Capitol.

Lamah, a Utah resident who came to the United States from Guinea eight years ago, was one of 110 immigrants – representing 41 nations – who were celebrated by Utah officials, including state Rep. Norm Thurston, R-Provo, and U.S. Rep. Mia Love, and presented documentation of their citizenship by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).