New citizen, first-time voter

The World

We at The World put a call out to hear from immigrants voting for the first time here in the US. One person we spoke to was Deo-Lynn Miranda from South Africa. She tells host Marco Werman that her parents’ experience being denied the vote under apartheid taught her the value of casting her ballot.

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