And whether it is a good precedent or a bad precedent. it is not an irrational precedent. as has been suggested. I might also point out that these minority language provisions provide for coverage of citizens. We are not talking about illegal immigrants. we are not even talking about green card holders. people who are legal entrants into the United States but not citizens. I dare say many of the Spanishspeaking residents in Florida do not qualify as legal entrants. I understand they have about 650.000 refugees from Cuba. I do not know what percentge of those refugees are now citizens of the United States. but I imagine that many of them are just that. green card holders. refugees who have yet to take up citizenship in the United States. So we are dealing with citizens. and we are dealing with a figure of 5 percent that is not irrational. I would like to quote from the testimony of Vilma Martinez. who is president and general counsel of the MexicanAmerican Legal Defense and Educational Fund. who was accompanied in presenting her testimony by Tom Reston. of the firm of Hogan & Hartson.
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