As an integral part of the United States. the problems of poverty and economic development in Puerto Rico have a very definite bearing on those same areas here on the mainland. Inequitable treatment of Puerto Rico in the past has contributed to an economic crisis on the island. Unless prompt and meaningful action is taken. the search for economic opportunity will spur a new wave of Puerto Rican migrants to the mainland and further aggravate the urban crisis here. The fact is that Puerto Ricans are migrating to the United States not because they necessarily want to but because they are compelled to do so in the search for employment and economic security. The labor market on the island is simply unable to effectively cope with the burgeoning. and largely unskilled. labor force.
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