Mr. Chairman. I would ask my colleagues that. as they consider this amendment. they would think of legal immigrants not as someone who recently arrived. not someone who only came over to receive benefits. but to think of the legal immigrant as a person who has been here for many years. who has worked. has paid their taxes. has raised their family and has been responsible. The only thing that they do not have is the right to vote and are not citizens. But this amendment talks about a person who cannot take the examination. cannot be naturalized because they are physically or developmentally disabled or mentally impaired to take the test. So we are talking about a safety net for those legal immigrants who cannot take the exam because of their disabilities. I would think that Members of this House on both sides of the aisle would show compassion to these people and support this amendment.
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