Supporting Congressman Pierluisi's bill

A letter from our organization to the congressmans/womans in our federal House of Representatives and senate for support Pierluisi's bill:


Greetings Congressman,

The reason that we send this letter, is cause we are concerned about our political status future.
Since 1898 we had been a USA territory, with the finish of the spanish-american war, on the Treaty of Paris we became a territory of America. In 1900, the congress give to us the foraker organic act, that give a civil rigths letter and a house of delegates (today is recognize as the house of representatives of Puerto Rico). In 1917, the congress approve the Jones organic act, that give a insular senate and our american citizenship. In 1947, the congress approve the 447 law that give the mechanism to the puertorricans to elect our own governor. Then in 1950, was approve the 600 law that give to us the oportunity to made our constitution and become a USA Commonwealth ( a territory of America that have a own goverment, but our territorial sovereignty is on the congressmans/womans hands). Then, in 1953 we came out of the non- autonomous territories list of United Nations, but we can't join to the international community, why? The reason is simple, we still been a USA Colony,territory or unincorporated territory of America, as you want to call it. We are on the territorial clause of the constitution of America in the article 4, section 3, clause 2: "Congress has the power to authorize, regulate and decide what parts of the constitution of America are able in Puerto Rico". And said more, said that Puerto Rico is from, but isn't part of America. This polemic had growth with the insular cases, that are cases decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in the early twentieth century for decide what parts of the constituion of USA are able in this colonies (Guam, Puerto Rico, Cuba and Phillipines), the colonies that United States got with the finish of the Spanish - American war. All this laws remain in force. If a congressman present a bill for derogate the 600 law, he can, cause the congress has the plenary power of Puerto Rico. We can't vote for president that send to war, we don't have a member in congress, only a resident comissioner that can talk in floor of the congress, but can't vote. On november 6 of 2012, we said stop. On a plebiscite celebrated in the island, our people choose statehood as non-territorial option with 816,000 votes of 1.3 millions of the electorate that go to vote. Before in the first question, we said no to the colony with more than 900,000 votes. Now, you have detractors of been part of the national vanguard ,and been part of the future growth of the United States as american citizens,saying that the people of the 400,000 blank ballots in the election, favor the commonwealth. Let me tell you sometime, and be clear, the people that left the ballot blank was mad with the governor in office in that moment and they do that for demonstrate they repudiation. That's why I ask you for help Pedro Pierluisi's bill, cause we as proud americans, we want to made complete the american dream of oversea and been treated equal as fellows americans living in the mainland are treated, having equal rigths, equal footing and equal treatment. We are proud of been part of America, seriously, this is what our people feel and want, become the 51st state of our nation and the reality is that you have a sustantial portion of Puerto Ricans, more than 75% that want become a state and want the total aplication of the constitution of America, want statehood.

High School Republicans of Puerto Rico