The only answer I can give you to your appreciation of the problem is Justice Harlan's:
"The idea that this country may acquire territories anywhere upon the earth, by conquest or treaty, and hold them as mere colonies or provinces,—the people inhabiting them to enjoy only such rights as Congress chooses to accord to them,—is wholly inconsistent with the spirit and genius, as well as with the words, of the Constitution." - Justice John Harlan, dissenting in the Insular Cases, 1901
Truly, marron, I appreciate your sympathies and warmth towards us. But it is contradictory to the nature of our Republic to maintain the status quo.
Very warm greetings from the tropical, not-so-far-eastern United States of America.
And Merry Christmas y próspero año nuevo.
Thank you, and a Merry Christmas to you as well, desde aquì en la falla de San Andreas, donde vivo yo… boricua de corazon si no de sangre…