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On the recordMay 18, 2010
What is wrong is to, after 112 years, have formerly American citizens residing under conditions that are so unequal to their counterparts in the mainland.
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Luis Fortuño
Puerto Rico

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Fortuno highlights the inequality faced by Puerto Ricans compared to mainland citizens.

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Clearly, the framers of the Constitution did not intend some American citizens to be deprived of rights that other American citizens enjoy.

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