PORTLAND — America is getting 42 new citizens.

The immigrants will be sworn in as new U.S. citizens today in a ceremony at U.S. District Court in Portland.

Following the ceremony, each will get an American flag from the Daughters of the American Revolution and a copy of the Mayflower Compact from the Maine Chapter of the Mayflower Society.

The League of Women Voters of the Greater Portland Area will distribute voter registration cards.


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