The United States still debates over Puerto Rico’s statehood. First problem being the fact the Puerto Ricans have a culture of their own. Puerto Rico’s native tongue is Spanish. English would have to be forced on the residents. This would cause a cultural divide. Puerto Rico would not be represented in the miss universe pageant. That would be sad seeing how they won 3 consecutive times. They would also not be represented in the world baseball classic or the Olympic games. The independent movement would also be a factor. There is a lot of corruption ,and illegitimacy on the island. Puerto Rico is a poor Caribbean island. The majority of the people are highly dependent on government aid programs. Another thing would be the Puerto Rican flag would only be a state flag. The Puerto Rican national anthem La Borinqueña. Just as they are no longer Boriquenos, or Boricuas. Puerto Ricans would just become Americans. No longer a country, but a mire state.
The benefits would be they would get treated like regular citizens. Not second class citizens as they do now. They would also gain the rights from the constitution. That is the ones they don’t already have. Puerto Rico would gain the same allies as the United States. Puerto Rico would also gain representation in congress. The Citizens would be able to vote for the president of the united states. They would be removed from the territorial claws in the constitution. It would gain the same benefits as the other 50 states.
References:
http://www.englishfirst.org/puerto/puertonypost.htm
http://www.essortment.com/all/puertoricansta_rdla.htm
http://www.prstatehood.com/issues/index.asp
http://www.heritage.org/Research/LatinAmerica/EM495.cfm
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