But all of those people in Puerto Rico. if they cannot understand. they have somebody in their family or a friend that is translating what is going on here. and they know what is going on. When they say that in order to vote that we have to be proficient in English. my God. why was that not decided when we were granted citizenship? A person who asks for naturalization. he takes a test in English. Now. 95 percent of the people of Puerto Rico can pass that test without any problem. that is a citizenship test. So the test that we give people who ask for citizenship has less requirements than what we are trying to require in this amendment from the people of Puerto Rico who have been citizens since 1917. for 81 years. who fought together. who worked together to make this Nation what it is today.
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