Should the U.S. acknowledge its racist past that is on display in the Insular Cases? A bill introduced by the current Congress asks the nation… Read More »Should the U.S. Acknowledge the Racist Past of the Insular Cases?
Federación de Maestros de Puerto Rico (FADEP) v. Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico is a U.S. court case brought by the Puerto Rico teachers’… Read More »Supreme Court Again Avoids Examination of Insular Cases
People born in Puerto Rico are U.S. citizens by birth. However, this kind of citizenship is not the same as the kind of citizenship people… Read More »Constitutional vs. Statutory Citizenship in Puerto Rico
The United States acquired both Puerto Rico and the Philippines from Spain following the Spanish–American War in 1898. In 1946, the Philippines ended its status as a territory of… Read More »Lessons from the Philippines for Puerto Rico
In 1927, when the Philippines was a U.S. territory, Philippines Governor Leonard Wood sent a proposal to President Calvin Coolidge seeking his approval to hold… Read More »How Predictions on Philippines Independence Played Out
Recent focus by Congress on Puerto Rico’s status as a U.S. territory has brought up concerns about the fate of some of Puerto Rico’s popular… Read More »US Citizenship, Olympics Teams, and Speaking Spanish as Puerto Rican Priorities
On July 20, The House Natural Resources Committee passed HR 8393, The Puerto Rico Status Act, and sent it to the full House of Representatives for… Read More »Citizenship Transition for a Freely Associated State of Puerto Rico
One of the most critical questions inherent in the debate over Puerto Rico’s future political status is the the fate of U.S. citizenship for people… Read More »State Department Rejects U.S. Citizenship in a Sovereign Puerto Rico
A 1990 paper by John L. A. de Passalacqua, “The Involuntary Loss of United States Citizenship of Puerto Ricans upon Accession to Independence by Puerto Rico”,… Read More »The Likelihood of Losing U.S. Citizenship in a Sovereign Puerto Rico
