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Carson said he 'would be incredibly honored and delighted for Puerto Rico to be the 51st state.'
The Puerto Rico statehood movement (Spanish: movimiento estadista de Puerto Rico) aims to make Puerto Rico a state of the United States. Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territorial possession of the United States acquired in 1898 following the Spanish–American War , making it "the oldest colony in the modern world".
The bottom line is that Puerto Ricans serve in the U.S. military, they deserve at least the option of statehood.” Puerto Ricans will hold a nonbinding referendum on Puerto Rico’s status Nov. 5 ...
This Nov. 5, Puerto Ricans will have a non-binding vote on statehood | Opinion
Three main alternatives are generally presented to Puerto Rican voters during Puerto Rico political status referendums: full independence, maintenance or enhancement of the current commonwealth status, and full statehood into the American Union. The exact expectations for each of these status formulas are a matter of debate by a given position ...
On December 11, 2012, Puerto Rico's legislature resolved to request that the President and the U.S. Congress act on the results, end its territorial status and begin the process of admitting Puerto Rico to the Union as a state. [50] On January 4, 2017, Puerto Rico's new representative to Congress pushed a bill that would ratify statehood by ...
Supporters of changing Puerto Rico’s territorial status are turning to the Senate to keep a compromise bill alive as rapidly shifting political dynamics threaten to bury the proposal for a ...
The subsequent 2020 Puerto Rican status referendum was held on November 3 also to decide whether Puerto Rico should become a state. Out of more than half the number of registered voters in 2020, 52% voted for statehood and 47% chose the status quo. [ 12 ]