Every week thousands of people from around the world gain their citizenship in the United States. In Los Angeles County, naturalization ceremonies are held twice a month when 1800 to 7000 people are given red, white and blue flags and asked to promise to uphold the Constitution of the United States. New Americanstakes the opportunity of these naturalization ceremonies to photograph these people.

Not purely a photographic survey, New Americans also looks at the politics of immigration in the early 21st century from a personal perspective - through the stories of heartbreak, love, loss, and joy experienced by today's immigrants on their way towards gaining American citizenship.