Thread:Undoniel/@comment-24555623-20160804034403

Hi Undoniel.

Thanks for your effort at making this wiki as accurate as possible.

For your information, all Puerto Ricans are U. S. citizens, or Americans. All. Although there is such a thing as a Puerto Rican citizenship, for matters of law, it is only equivalent to a state residence, like a Texas Resident, or a U. S. Virgin Island resident. Puerto Rico is a U. S. Territory. The Puerto Rican citizenship has no international legal status. To the eyes of the world, it doesn't exist, all Puerto Ricans are Americans; the classifier Puerto Rican is indeed only a cultural label for 8 millions of American citizens: 4.5 million living stateside, and 3.7 million living in the island. This identifier is due to the special relationship between the island and the continent, which allows Puerto Rico to have international representation on non-government (non-legal) affairs. That's why I left, or added, the citizenship as as American, while adding the category Puerto Rican. If you apply your criteria, then the category Puerto Rican should be removed. Additionally, although indeed a cultural label, all Puerto Ricans are also both American and Puerto Rico citizens. Although the latter has no international legal status, it exists, parallel to the American citizenship, as defined by the U. S. Government itself through the Foraker law and the Jones Act, and the Puerto Rico Government (which states that all people born in Puerto Rico or to at least one Puerto Rican parent, are Puerto Rican citizens). This is a very complex issue, and this is not the place for discussing it.

Know that all Puerto Ricans are Americans citizens, and also Puerto Rican citizens. Actually, the way the U.S. Govt. has defined it is "All Puerto Rican citizens are U.S. citizens," and it is the latter the only with international validity. There is not one Puerto Rican citizen who is not an American citizen.

There is no such thing as a Puerto Rican descent American, since it is redundant. Please let me know how to proceed, as I see that you are an admin. 