California Gets 150,000 New Citizens

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California saw 154,900 new citizens become naturalized in fiscal year 2023, bringing the state's total of naturalized citizens to more than 500,000 over the past three years. An approximate total of 878,500 individuals became citizens this past fiscal year, with naturalization ceremonies in fiscal years 2022 and 2023 composing 24 percent of all naturalizations over the past decade, according to data from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). They can all vote for president for the first time this November—and experts told Newsweek what these numbers mean for the state and the nation overall. California was the only state to...