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The once-frequent ceremonies were canceled because fewer people are making it through a slower legal immigration process. Data from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services also show a sharp decline in new citizens since last fall.

Officials approved roughly 70,000 new citizens each month in 2024 and 2025. But this year, that monthly number has fallen to about 23,000. And in July, just 16,514 applicants were approved.

At the same time, the backlog of pending citizenship applications grew from 540,000 at the beginning of 2025 to nearly 780,000 cases in July, while average processing times increased from about six months to nearly one year.

Hi all, I cover City Hall for cleveland.com and occasionally sprinkle gift links here.

After all the coverage of Flock cameras by my outlet and others, I'm curious, what do you still want to know about Flock cameras in Cleveland? Information has been strung out across multiple stories. And, I'm wondering what still remains unclear.

And I'm hoping not to just see hundreds of comments joking about copper prices.