Washington ExaminerLean R·
Trump must give independence to Puerto Rico before Democrats add five members of Congress
When Spain ceded Puerto Rico to the United States under the 1898 Treaty of Paris, Washington exploited Article IX of the agreement — breaking a historic precedent by omitting the collective naturalization guarantees that had accompanied every prior U.S. acquisition from Louisiana through Alaska. This calculated exclusion instantly manufactured a tier of second-class American nationals, […]
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