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To: repentant_pundit

Fortuno is NOT an NBC.

Yes, Puerto Ricans have U.S. citizenship. It is, however, statutory citizenship granted per Congress, as PR is an unincorporated territory and the U.S.Constitution does not apply in PR. Same goes for those born in the Panama Canal Zone.


28 posted on 08/07/2012 12:17:55 PM PDT by SatinDoll (Natural Born Citizen - born in the USA of citizen parents.)
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To: SatinDoll

8 USC section 1402 “ All persons born in Puerto Rico on or after 1/13/1941 are NATURAL BORN CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES.”


34 posted on 08/07/2012 1:36:13 PM PDT by cumbo78
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