Nearly a million adults became U.S. citizens this past year—a record high since 2008
Despite the setbacks caused by the pandemic, the federal government naturalized a record number of adult immigrants this year and reduced its application backlog by nearly half.
About 967,400 adult immigrants took the oath of allegiance and became U.S. citizens this past fiscal year, according to a new report released by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
The record high comes as the federal government works to reduce a backlog of applications that
