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Dodgers’ Miguel Rojas is a ‘proud American’ — and deserves it

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Congratulations to Miguel Rojas, second baseman for the LA Dodgers — not just on an outstanding season, but on an even more important achievement: Becoming a US citizen.

As The California Post reported, Rojas took and passed the US citizenship test.

He used the Dodgers’ bye week before the divisional round of the playoffs to make a special trip to Miami just to take the exam.

That’s how committed he was to the process. 

Rojas was born in Venezuela, and came to the US as a teenager to develop his baseball talent.

He didn’t just use the opportunity to build a career. He embraced America and what it stands for.

That is legal immigration as it is meant to be. 

A committed, talented person comes to the country through the proper channels, embraces its principles, studies its history and........

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