Many current supporters of free association for Puerto Rico are former supporters of Puerto Rico’s “commonwealth” or “enhanced commonwealth” status. After the enactment of PROMESA… Read More »What’s Behind the New Interest in Free Association for Puerto Rico?
Legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives late last year provided for a referendum in Puerto Rico that would have enabled voters to choose… Read More »Dual Citizenship Uncommon in Freely Associated States Today
If Puerto Rico considers the possibility of free association with the United States as a possible future status option, it will be important to understand… Read More »REAL ID Complications under Free Association
The Puerto Rico Status Act, passed by the U.S. House of Representatives in December of 2022, listed three options for voters in a future referendum… Read More »Independence or Sovereign Free Association?
A former chairwoman of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs has weighed into the debate on the fate of U.S. citizenship in… Read More »Controversy over U.S. Citizenship in Free Association
According to Urban Dictionary, the “Annexation of Puerto Rico” refers to “a glorious football play” popularized by the 1994 film “Little Giants.” But the phrase… Read More »The “Annexation” of Puerto Rico?
Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) has repeated his insistence that admission of any new state should require a national referendum. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) reintroduced a… Read More »Adding New States to the U.S. – What the Constitution Says
Citizens of the freely associated states (FAS) have the freedom to travel and work in the United States, but they do not have the same… Read More »US Citizens Prioritized over FAS Migrants for Guam Housing
Can stateside Puerto Ricans keep their U.S. citizenship if Puerto Rico were to become independent? Perhaps, but maybe not. Regardless, Supreme Court precedent won’t help… Read More »Can Stateside Puerto Ricans Keep U.S. Citizenship under Independence?
