Then what of the Virgin islands, American Samoa, Guam, etc. Will all.of thoze be states too?
Is there then no legal distinction to be permitted, between states and other possessions of the United States?
Can we unilaterally just tell Puerto Rico they are on their own now? That they are now independent, and good luck???
We should have given PR independence long ago.
That's a point I've made too. Puerto Rico has had multiple votes on Statehood.
Why don't we, in the USA, have a vote on Statehood for Puerto Rico? (I know, we are Representative Democracy, not direct democracy). But, in the case of PR these were 'advisory referendums'.
It would be amusing to have even a couple States hold advisory referendums on "Should Statehood be Extended to Puerto Rico".
The Philippines and Puerto Rico both because American possessions following the USA's victory over Spain in the Spanish American war.
Time to complete the decolonization process of P.R. and the Virgin Islands.
PR has enough population for several Representatives. Washington, DC has more population than Vermont and Wyoming. These other entities are much smaller.