millions of recently naturalized citizens are eligible to cast their first presidential ballots this fall these new potential voters are from all over the world and some are pointing to immigration and the economy as top concerns in Georgia a swing state at least 61,000 people have been naturalized since the 2020 race that far exceeds the nearly 12,000 votes by which President Joe Biden won the state that year we spend time with new voters in Georgia learning about their lives in America nunes’s naturalization ceremony came more than two decades after her parents told her no Al we’re heading north though she’s not much into politics she said she thought the economy was stronger and prices were lower when Trump was President Cynthia oares and her husband want to buy a home but they struggled to find a house in their budget after home prices surged and mortgage rates Rose after the onset of the pandemic another top election issue for her is going violence in schools they live about 15 minutes away from a Georgia school where a shooter in early September killed two teachers and two students she said I’m always thinking about my son where is he Tatiana kosara moved to Columbus Georgia from Moscow 8 years ago she would like to see the next president take a prominent role in helping to deescalate conflicts in the Middle East Russia and Ukraine she said America always has an influence on the whole world