• Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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    5 hours ago

    Are they? Are they really? Puerto Rico still isn’t allowed to be it’s own state

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      They are still U S. citizens, just not citizens of any state. Same thing can happen if you are born in DC or a military base not in a state.

      American Samoans are the ones that really get screwed. They are just U S. nationals. All the responsibilities of citizens (including the draft when it exists) but not all of the benefits.