From Many, One: Newest Americans Celebrate Citizenship on Independence Day

Twenty immigrants from 17 countries pledge allegiance in Central Florida during one of hundreds of July 4 naturalization events across the country.

Middle District of Florida Magistrate Judge Leslie Hoffman Price administers the citizen’s oath to 20 new Americans during a naturalization ceremony at Hope CommUnity Center in Apopka, Florida, on July 4, 2024. Epoch Times/John Haughey

APOPKA, Florida—Professional skydiver Igor Tolstov has jumped from airshow airplanes for more than 40 years to the cheers of crowds, but his biggest leap of faith was his solo free-fall from Russia in 2017.

“America is now my nation, my country,” he told The Epoch Times.