Fifty Bosnians and Croatians became U.S. citizens at the federal courthouse in St. Louis during a special ceremony Friday.
They struggled for years to become U.S. citizens. All are all disabled, and most don't speak English. Only a court fight let them bypass the normal citizenship tests written in English.
The new citizens are part of a community of some 40,000 Bosnians and Croatians who settled in St. Louis after fleeing the genocide in their home countries that raged during the 1990s. Most arrived in 1998.


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