"they must agree to make English the official language of PR."
Language hasn't been a problem for the last 107 years. Heck, I'm in and from Puerto Rico and I am writing to you in English! In fact, English is ALREADY one of Puerto Rico's two official languages, the other being Spanish.
I would be interested in knowing which states have English as their official language. Official as in codified into law. I'll grant that English is one of the things that bond our nation together, but you just can't move the goal post just for us.
PR has a legislature, doesn't it? Does it conduct business in English? What about the courts? Is English taught in the schools as the basic language or a second language?
I don't advocate treating PR any differently than other states, but what I don't want is another Quebec situation in our country.
Do most Puerto Ricans speak English. I must admit that all that I know speak English (most from the military).
Why don't PR people want statehood?
I fully support a vote for (1)Statehood or (2) Independence.
Many individual states have adopted English as their official language:
Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming
Several states and territories are officially bilingual:
Louisiana (English and French),
New Mexico (English and Spanish),
Hawaii (Hawaiian English and Hawaiian),
Puerto Rico (Spanish and English),
Guam (Chamorro and English),
American Samoa (Samoan and English);
And one is officially trilingual:
Northern Mariana Islands (English, Chamorro, and Carolinian).