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Anibal Acevedo Vila

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We should not be forced to give up our children's U.S. citizenship so that we can get a fuller measure of self-government.
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U. S. Senate, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings on sovereignty under S. 472 (June 23, 1998)

 
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