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No, Puerto Rico BELONGS TO THE UNITED STATES , but it's NOT PART OF THE UNITED STATES according to supreme Court rulings.
Figure that one out!!!!!
To quote: "Ignorance is not a good thing".
The US Supreme Court ruled in Mora vs Mejias (1953) that while Puerto Rico is not a state of the Union in an official sense it is an integral part of the United States.
Also Harris vs Rosario (1980) ruled that Puerto Rico had attained a status "greater than that of a mere territory". Rodriguez vs PDP (1982) the Court defined Puerto Rico as "an autonomous political body, which like the States of the Union, is sovereign over matters not specifically delegated to the Federal government".
I suggest you check out Hernandez Colon's new book, he goes into detail why Puerto Rico is part of the US rather than belonging to the US ... although it is not legally a state of the Union.
i want to be able to live in puerto rico without having to take on the citizenship of some other foreign nation i have nothing to do with.
Obviously you're a US citizen (or are an illegal alien), have lived in PR, NYC and TX (and maybe other states) so why are you throwing out these daft statements and questions?
Obviously you're a US citizen (or are an illegal alien), have lived in PR, NYC and TX (and maybe other states) so why are you throwing out these daft statements and questions?
Becuase he/she is another separatist stuck in the 1930s who cannot comprehend or understand the realities of 2014.
The simple reality: the vast majority of Puerto Ricans do not want separation from the United States. At this point in time, after all these years Puerto Rico is permanently linked to the United States. Puerto Ricans are never going to give up US citizenship for some separatist fairy tale. Accept it, deal with it, get over it, and move on. Drop the romanticism.
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The advancement of our political aspirations and the improvement of our relationship with the United States must tread the path of reality. History teaches us that it is a task for pragmatists, not for romantics. The successes of Muñoz Rivera and Muñoz MarÃn bear this out. Our current romantics would be well advised to heed Muñoz Rivera’s words: “The expansion of our autonomy must be conceived within reality and not based upon sterile romanticism"
Hernandez Colon or any other Puerto Rican of our crooked political class can say what they wish. The Supreme Court has ruled over and over again that we are a territory ruled exclusively by Congress and we BELONG to the U.S. but are not part of the U.S. When and if we become a state we are then Part of the U.S. Its as simple as that. Sorry to burst your bubble WIHS2006.
We haven't become a state not because the Commonwealth party is a nuisance, or impedes Congress from acting, its because the U.S. congress refuses to back a plebiscite that will be binding. Why?
Everyone in Washington knows that if given a choice between Statehood and Independence, statehood will win by a landslide. Its as if the Gringos don't already know the out come.
And worse, now that the CBO study has proven that a Puerto Rican state will get billions more in welfare thus wrecking an already fragile Federal treasury, why should Congress inherit this mess?
Another point, How are statehooders going to sell this to Congress? If I were a statehooder I would keep away from Congress.
Bottom line, Solving the status problem doesn't depend solely on us like the statehooders want us all to believe. Statehood will surely win any plebiscite! Why? A Puerto Rican state will be swimming in American tax payer dollars. If 60% are on some sort of hand out now, wait till Statehood comes, it might even be 95%.
Now WIHS2006, will Congress give us give us more political power than 26 American states because we will all vote for it? Wake up and smell the coffee. That's not how the strongest nation on this planet operates.
There will be negotiations and I doubt statehood will be the outcome even though 100% of Ricans may want it. Americas will look out for their interests, not ours.
Obviously you're a US citizen (or are an illegal alien), have lived in PR, NYC and TX (and maybe other states) so why are you throwing out these daft statements and questions?
we have different viewpoints. it might be hard to see things from my perspective if you assume i am like you. i am not a us citizen or an illegal alien. i have a european union passport from a nation where i lived for 6 years from my birth. my entire childhood after that and early adulthood until after college was spent in puerto rico. you can imagine therefore that my heart belongs to Puerto Rico, not the US, a nation that i was totally unfamiliar with all my childhood, or my birth country that i also barely knew.
and now when i return to visit puerto rico, maybe becuase i was raised by jibaros for too long, i dont feel like having to ask the united states for permission. it's unmanly - its not a political thing - its a pride thing.
statehood is for people from new jersey not for the proud, the few, the boricuas
we have different viewpoints. it might be hard to see things from my perspective if you assume i am like you. i am not a us citizen or an illegal alien. i have a european union passport from a nation where i lived for 6 years from my birth. my entire childhood after that and early adulthood until after college was spent in puerto rico. you can imagine therefore that my heart belongs to Puerto Rico, not the US, a nation that i was totally unfamiliar with all my childhood, or my birth country that i also barely knew.
and now when i return to visit puerto rico, maybe becuase i was raised by jibaros for too long, i dont feel like having to ask the united states for permission. it's unmanly - its not a political thing - its a pride thing.
statehood is for people from new jersey not for the proud, the few, the boricuas
Well sadly, you don't have much say in the matter. Want to live in PR? Have to get US permission. That is the way the cookie crumbles.
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