Good news is they are Catholic and as such tend to be conservative and anti illegals.
Like us US Jews.
Unlike the Mexicans, all persons born in Puerto Rico between April 11, 1899, and January 12, 1941, are automatically conferred citizenship as of the date the law was signed by the President (June 27, 1952). Additionally, all persons born in Puerto Rico on or after January 13, 1941, are natural-born citizens of the United States. Note that because of when the law was passed, for some, the natural-born status was retroactive.
If these US citizens want statehood, I have nothing against it. They would be the 27th most populous state, with more people than Oregon, Oklahoma, Connecticut, Iowa, Mississippi, Arkansas, Kansas, Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, West Virginia, Nebraska, Idaho, New Hampshire, Maine, Hawaii, Montana, Rhode Island, Delaware, South Dakota, Alaska, Vermont and Wyoming.
Of course the ‘Rats would be the first to squawk in favor of Puerto Rico independence if the GOP favored statehood... but that’s just another example of how bad the two-party system is broken.
Bottom line: Puerto Ricans deserve statehood if they want it. They are U.S. citizens.
Beware of all these issues on the Obama agenda springing up in the next half year. He's got to get them on the docket as fast as he can while he still has the socialist/leftist majority.
This sure came out of Left field in a hurry, didn't it!
The issue is not racist. Eventual statehood for PR is actually another step in the spread-the-wealth-equally-to-all routine urgently being prepared and pressed by the Obama/Emmanuel/Axlerod communist troika in DC.
Stealing from the haves to give to the have-nots is not limited to the borders of this country in their world-view. After Hawaii, a liberal Dem state, comes Puerto Rico, another socialist state....then what....Guam? the Virgin Islands? Then a world tax by the UN imposed on us (already being broached)?
Despite the fact that the marxist agenda becomes clearer every day, the politically uneducated in this country just can't seem to connect any dots at all.
In short, marxist plans for wealth re-distribution is not confined to our shores. The communards think in much wider terms. We will be expected to support through taxation selected socialist welfare states beyond our shores.....and most of the propaganda promotion will be couched in racist terms to shame the naive American suckers into approving their own self-destruction.
Leni
You may not remember this, but at one time in America, all the PR citizens that lived in NYC, were afforded free air trips back and forth to their beloved island!
The issue of statehood for Puerto Rico, should be one really questioned, considering its location in the yearly march of hurricanes. The issue SHOULD be on the November ballot as an open referendum for ALL CITIZENS, as defined by the Constitution, to have a say. It should NOT be as a vote of Hispanic/non-Hispanic. Puerto Rico has had some of the benefits of being a U.S. property, but no taxes have ever been levied against the inhabitants of the island.
More race-baiting by the Democrats trying to drive a wedge between Latinos and Republicans.
I’d be in favor of granting PR statehood if it was done in some kind of proper order. The way they are doing the bum’s rush sets off all kinds of alarm bells for me.
For me the right way to start would be to hold another referendum with the three options; statehood, independence, and status quo. If statehood gets substantially over 50%, it would be proper at that point to petition congress for statehood.