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To: Timpanagos1

Fine cut them lose and all future Puerto Ricans are NOT Americans. They are a protectorate and later a territory that came to us as a consequence of the Spanish American war, not really that much different from the Philippines and Guam during that time. They were never really part of the US culturally and have their own history. They are statutory citizens(granted by Congress), rather than Constitutional citizens as they were granted this status in 1917 under the Jones-Shafroth act. Therefore as they are not guaranteed Constitutional Citizenship they can be cut lose.


22 posted on 01/02/2017 11:20:09 AM PST by JMS
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To: JMS

“Fine cut them lose and all future Puerto Ricans are NOT Americans.”

You cannot do that either as you count strip someone of their citizenship.

But if you could do that, when ever a Puerto Rican had a baby, that baby would be a US citizen by virtue or their parent being a United States citizen.

“They are statutory citizens(granted by Congress), rather than Constitutional citizens as they were granted this status in 1917 under the Jones-Shafroth act. Therefore as they are not guaranteed Constitutional Citizenship they can be cut lose.”

That is absolute nonsense.


29 posted on 01/02/2017 11:28:13 AM PST by Timpanagos1
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