Congress granted United States citizenship to all the Inhabitants of Puerto Rico. Since then. we have been blessed with many of the Liberties and Freedoms guaranteed to each of its citizens by the worlds greatest democracy. Nevertheless. we continue to be denied representation: we remain disenfranchished citizens who are deprived of equality In our voting rights and our economic rights: In order to maintain tax privileges which benefit only the wealthiest of corporations and individuals. our poor and our workers are deprived of equal minimum wages and equal economic benefits: Without representation In their enactment. we are stibject to federal laws which govern our trade and commerce. our labor relations. our wages. our environment. and foreign Immigration to our homeland: likewise. we are subject to laws which establish crimes and punishments. and which Impose customs duties and other federal taxes. even though we lack participation n their adoption and subsequent amendment. Although called "Commonwealth" we are. undeniably and unequivocally. a colony of the United States. Indeed. ours Is the oldest colony In the world Yet.
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