I’ve never been to a naturalization ceremony but I imagine that they are quite moving and inspiring events. It’s a dream come true for a lot of people to receive their American citizenship. All of us have some ancestors who went through the process. But I think the Republicans view naturalization ceremonies through a political lens. They assume, probably correctly, that nearly every newly created citizen is a vote against them. It doesn’t matter if it’s a Swede, a Honduran, or someone from Sudan, it’s highly unlikely that anyone who isn’t a white, male, Christian, established American is going to want to vote for a conservative nativist party. Why would they?
