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We live in a nation founded by immigrants. Each year, more than one million people take an oath of allegiance to the United States at naturalization ceremonies across the country.
Mitchell Riley visits a ceremony at the DeConcini Federal Courthouse in Tucson, where 46 individuals became New Americans.
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