I work for a company that works for a company that gives service to another company in the U.S.
It is a call center.
We recieve a lot of calls from Puerto Rico, in the south east region of the U.S.
So I've been told this, but is that true ?
They become american citizens ?
2007-03-12 19:59:33 · 11 answers · asked by o_diablillo_loco 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Puerto Rico is a commonwealth, part of the USA. Therefore, us Ricans are already citizens. What call center do you work for? I'm in sales too, doing student loan consolidation but I've done all types of sales.
2007-03-12 20:11:28 · answer #1 · answered by CyX BeAtZ 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What in the hell is Gadgetki talking about?!?!?!? The US did not buy land in Puerto Rico and now owns it!!! Have you ever heard of the Spanish-American war? You have no business answering questions when you have NO idea what you are talking about. By the way, the us didn't buy Guam, Saipan, Samoa, etc. either.
Either way, Puerto Ricans are US citizens since the early 1900s. As a direct result of the Spanish-American war and the treaty of Paris, Spain gave up most of its colonies to the US, among them Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Phillipines.
Currently, Puerto Rico is a commonwealth to the US. Although we are US citizens at birth, we don't have to pay federal taxes or vote for the president. However, if we move to the US and become a resident of any state, then we receive both of these rights.
2007-03-14 22:06:04 · answer #2 · answered by ldeya21 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Puerto Rico is a unicorporated territory of the United States. It's citizens are US citizens and can move anywhere they want in the US. They were granted naturalized US citizenship in 1917. Puerto Ricans were granted constitutional legality as natural born citizens in 1940 and they are equal, as Americans, to anyone born in a US state.
2007-03-13 03:18:21 · answer #3 · answered by Tabitha 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not "become" American citizens--they ARE American citizens. Puerto Rico is a commonwealth that is part of the United States territory, and all citizens of Puerto Rico are American citizens.
2007-03-13 03:08:38 · answer #4 · answered by JOHN B 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ummm....The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is a United States unincorporated territory with Commonwealth status and Puerto Ricans have been granted U.S, citizenship since 1917. So anyone who is a legal resident of Puerto Rica is also granted U.S. citizenship.
Take care.
2007-03-13 03:11:56 · answer #5 · answered by Mary R 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Many Puerto Ricans would prefer not to be citizens of the imperial USA. As Americans, they are subject to the same
blanket rejections worldwide and the same opportunities to get shot at in the USA's declared and secret wars of aggression.
2007-03-13 05:54:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Puerto Ricans are US citizens because their territory is under US Trusteeship.
2007-03-13 03:32:23 · answer #7 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All Puerto Ricans are automatically U.S. citizens even if they never come to the U.S.
2007-03-13 08:20:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because of the Jones Act of 1917, they are already American citizens; however, they can't vote in presidential elections, nor do they pay federal income tax.
2007-03-13 03:07:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
no,
all pueto ricans are automatically becoming US citizen because US government already bought land of pueto rico to become a state.
but US government agencies are working with all pueto ricans right now
in addition, US government recently bought guam, samoa, several land recently, going to have about 55 or 60 states right now. I don't know exactly
but I know in 2000 US has 52 states
2007-03-13 03:17:45 · answer #10 · answered by gadgetki 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋