 It's Morning Edition from NPR News. I'm Stephen Skeap. And I'm Layla Falded. This is Independence Week. July 4th is tomorrow. Some people declared independence from working this week. Your friends here in Studio 31 are working, but I, for one, declared independence from shaving this week. We've also been asking newly naturalized citizens about what it means for them to be an American. At a naturalization ceremony in Los Angeles, a new citizen from Brazil shared his story.