These Americans naturalized just in time to vote. Many can’t wait to cast a ballot

Lilly Kersh | The Dallas Morning News (TNS)

DALLAS — In a plastic red top hat flashing “VOTE” with blue stars, voter registrar Benny de la Vega is hard to miss in a crowd of hundreds who will soon become the country’s newest citizens.

The volunteer voter registrar wears a bright orange shirt to stand out to the crowd waiting to enter their naturalization ceremony at the Plano Event Center. He remembers being nervous and all alone when he became a U.S. citizen and hopes these new...