so is it that people that reside in the US territories cannot vote or those that are born there? Can they vote if they move to a state?
All residents in territories can't vote. If they move to a state they have the full rights of citizens.
so is it that people that reside in the US territories cannot vote or those that are born there? Can they vote if they move to a state?
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Wow dude, thats like 5 of the 7 logical fallacies you committed right there.
Why should one American need a green card to travel to another part of America. That makes no sense. You either are an American or you aren't. No second class citizens - we kinda fought a war over that.You misunderstand. Because they are US territories, currently, they don't need a green card to visit. THAT is what should be changed.
Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Puerto Rico, Guam, no one born in these places (along with a few other minor Pacific Islands) need a green card because anyone born in those locations are automatic US citizens.
These people are stupid.
I wouldn't say they're really citizens because they don't pay federal taxes but don't get to vote either. Not that your vote matters for shit in the current political climate, so I think they have a good deal.
Why, what do you base your opinion on, what purpose would it serve?Agreed, but Puerto Ricans SHOULD have to have a green card...until PR becomes a state. Yes, the same applies to residents from other US territories that are not states. (Guam, American Samoa, USVI, etc.)
One word... jobs. Think of how many jobs would be created... all those flags will need another star sewn on. There has to be millions of flags in the U.S.... hell all those patches on military uniforms, police uniforms, etc. hundreds of thousands of jobs!
Why, in this "modern age," does the USA need "non-state" territories? What do we, as a nation, gain from this relationship?
(besides Samoans to play football)
It's past time to end the territorial status of these island nations and let them be free to govern themselves.
can someone born in puerto rico become president?
2 Citizens born in Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands are legally defined as natural born citizens, and are, therefore, also eligible to be elected President, provided they meet qualifications of age and 14 years residence within the United States. Residence in Puerto Rico and U.S. territories and possessions does not qualify as residence within the United States for these purposes. [U.S. Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service, U.S. Insular Areas and Their Political Development, by Andorra Bruno and Garrine P. Laney, CRS Report 96-578GOV (Washington: Jun. 17, 1996), pp. 9, 21, 33].
thanks for posting this.
However, I think it's going to cause a lot of rage. If I posted this they'd tell me I was lying.
Why, in this "modern age," does the USA need "non-state" territories? What do we, as a nation, gain from this relationship?
(besides Samoans to play football)
It's past time to end the territorial status of these island nations and let them be free to govern themselves.
Cool. So we invade them and then after a century or so just tell them to go away and who cares that you rely on US funding to survive.