Associate Attorney General Tony West at the at the Department of Justice Diversity and Inclusion Speaker Series

And then there came this moment during the ceremony, after everyone had taken the citizenship oath in unison, when everyone proudly pulled out miniature American flags and started waving them furiously. All of a sudden this auditorium of people distinguished by their differences became awash in red, white and blue — everyone bound together by a shared identity; bound together by an idea, this bold experiment in self-government we call the United States of America.