The Newest Americans TAMPA (WUSF) - The crowd was buzzing at the Tampa Convention Center, as two naturalization ceremonies were held to swear in people from 69 countries. The majority are from Cuba, India and Mexico - although this group included new citizens from places as diverse as Nepal, Kazahstan, and one from the Ivory Coast. Many posed with a life-sized cutout of the Statue of Liberty before taking the oath of citizenship.

A huge naturalization ceremony is planned for Independence Day, in that most American of places - Disney World. © Copyright 2009, WUSF