Huge citizenship ceremony jams morning traffic in downtown L.A.
Up to 40,000 are expected to become naturalized at the Convention Center, where an Herbalife conference is also scheduled. A radio report says people have left cars and are walking freeway shoulders.
Traffic downtown was at a crawl this morning as immigrants flooded the Convention Center to become citizens.
The Convention Center expects 30,000 to 40,000 people today for naturalization.
California last year naturalized 181,684 people -- more than any other state, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
In addition to those attending the citizenship ceremony, about 2,000 people were expected at the venue this morning for an Herbalife conference.
KFWB 980 radio reported this morning that some people had gotten out of vehicles near the convention center and were walking on freeway shoulders, apparently in an effort to get to their events on time.
Joanna.lin@latimes.com
