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There were Afghans and Bosnians, Kenyans and Koreans, Czechs and Poles, Venezuelans and Vietnamese. They were all there Monday at Utah's Capitol to do the same thing: become Americans.

About 150 immigrants from more than 50 nations took their citizenship oaths at the naturalization ceremony, according to a news release from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Nearly 700,000 immigrants were naturalized in fiscal 2015, the release noted.

"Naturalization is the process by which U.S. citizenship is conferred upon foreign citizens or nationals after they fulfill the requirements established by Congress," it said. "Naturalized citizens enjoy nearly all the same benefits, rights and responsibilities that the Constitution gives to native-born U.S. citizens, including the right to vote."