Chairman. is designed to rectify an injustice that stems from a provision of the New York State constitution of 1922. Our research indicates that it does not affect any other State. New Yorks provision was enacted at a moment when immigration from Europe was attaining a new peak and when the English language. which had so long served as an essential ingredient of the American melting pot. seemed particularly threatened. My amendment would not change the requirement that persons educated outside the United States. under the flag of another country. prove their literacy in English. It is designed only to correct the discrimination practiced against Americans of Puerto Rican origin whose legal language is Spanish.
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