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The participants Mark Krikorian, Executive Director of the Center for Immigration Studies, and Peter Skerry of the Brookings Institute announced a report entitled, "Embracing America: A Look at Which Immigrants Become Citizens," which described a new surge of naturalization of immigrants to the U.S. They also talked about the countries of origin of new citizens and the implications for the U.S. work force. They took questions from the press.