Speaker. the effect of this H.R. 5330 would be: (1) To enable persons born in Puerto Rico to acquire United States citizenship at birth. as all natives of New York. Illinois. Florida. and the other States. do. (2) to make this naturalization provision retroactive so as to cover all persons born in Puerto Rico after the change of sovereignty in the islandthat is. since April 11. 1899and who are permanently domiciled here. those temporarily residing abroad included. and (3) to give Puerto Rico women equality of rights of naturalization withcontinentalAmericanborn women. The bill also coincides with the policy of approximation to which the declaration of the last national Democratic platform with respect to Puerto Ricos statehood. clearly points. First.
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