Tuesday will surely be a day Arie Kouandjio will never forget.
Kouandjio came to the United States from Cameroon when he was six years old. Now, he is American citizen. The 24-year-old Redskins offensive lineman was at the Department of Labor headquarters in Washington D.C. on Tuesday to take part in a naturalization ceremony. Here are a couple of videos from the event.
#Redskins offensive lineman Arie Kouandjio right before his naturalization ceremony to become US citizen #NBC4DC pic.twitter.com/BzLiTv2eBk
— Heather McDonough (@schwawa) September 13, 2016
#Redskins Arie Kouandjio recites Pledge of Allegiance at naturalization ceremony. He's now a US citizen! #NBC4DC pic.twitter.com/jWIA41ZTBM
— Heather McDonough (@schwawa) September 13, 2016
#Redskins Arie Kouandjio gets his certificate of naturalization. Congrats to the new US citizen! #NBC4DC pic.twitter.com/01wI0ofAlK
— Heather McDonough (@schwawa) September 13, 2016
Now that he is a citizen, Kouandjio doesn’t have to sit back and observe the political system, he can take part.
“Before, all I could do is just watch CNN or just watch Fox or just watch; I wasn’t a participating member in all decisions,” Kouandjio said, via The Washington Post. “I still can’t be the president, which is something that I’ve always wanted to do, but I can do other things, so it’s awesome.”
Kouandjio was selected in the fourth round of last year’s NFL Draft after being on two BCS National Championship teams at Alabama and earning Second Team All-American honors as a senior. He has a younger brother Cyrus, who plays for the Bills, also as an offensive lineman.
H/T CSN Mid-Atlantic
