Puerto Ricans are Americans and can vote if they come to America. I am stunned by the ignorance of so many in America. Kinda scary quite frankly. They don’t teach a thing in schools today and those that were taught years ago forgot or never gave a damn. Sad.
Ever seen how ‘ricans vote?
They are socialists to the core and their loyalty is to their Island, hardly America.
Mexicans have a higher rate of being conservative than they do by far.
I don't care what the "official" law says (which was a corrupt Faustian bargain, BTW). Puerto Ricans have nothing in common with American tradition and values. Should have been its own country decades ago.
I’m entirely aware that Puerto Ricans are Americans.
I’m on the island about every 2 years. San Juan is a lovely place. Arecibo is a great little day trip.
That said they are not culturally or ethnically or historically American. They were a prize of the wars of the Monroe Doctrine.
The independence movement there still has about 1/3 of the population on their side. Another 1/3 is ambivalent. And of course the final 1/3 is pro-American if not statehood. But their main connection to us is monetary: as an independent island they would starve. As a vassal state of Spain, they would merely be underfed.
Perhaps a CommonWealth status with limited immigration rights. Remember the British already went through this in the last century, and their liberal immigration rights from the colonies has resulted in the streets of London becoming a threat to the English themselves.
Yes, a large number of people fail to realized that Puerto Ricans are American citizens. They just occupy a territory, rather than a state.
My problem is that if a large number migrate to South Florida, the makeup of Florida’s state government will be flipped to a Democrat majority in the House and Senate, along with the Governorship.
Also what happen when all the newly arrive Puerto Ricans register to vote, move back to Puerto Rico, but still vote in Florida elections. This can be either by absentee ballots manufactured by Dems, or actual dual voting.