I thank the Chair. Mr. Chairman. earlier I talked about a study. and I quote from the August 26 Santa Rosa Press Democrat in my congressional district. a study which says that most young immigrants prefer to speak English over their native language. In fact. the survey which focused on recent immigrant families. says that the older children get. the more eager they are to embrace English. The study was produced by Michigan State Universitys Children of Immigrant Longitudinal study. and it says that 88 percent of immigrant children questioned prefer speaking English. Six years ago. the percentage was 73 percent. l 1530 I do not believe that the opponents of this legislation. who represent largely ethnic American constituencies. are really speaking for those constituencies. I really question whether they have at heart the best interests of those constituencies.
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