Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-10-29 02:09:02 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: D82A5437C6993B5CF4803E7BF659A9B8543E969BCC1E3EFF6B93383BB69209DD
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Original Note:
They are not "wrong." Puerto Rico is a commonwealth and an insular area of the United States, NOT an independent country. https://www.doi.gov/oia/islands/politicatypes#:~:text=Currently%2C%20two%20United%20States%20insular%20areas%20are%C2%A0commonwealths%2C%C2%A0%20the%20Northern%20Mariana%20Islands%20and%20Puerto%20Rico https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/puerto-rico/#:~:text=unincorporated%20organized%20territory%20of%20the%20US%20with%20commonwealth%20status https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico#:~:text=the%20Commonwealth%20of%20Puerto%20Rico%2C%5Bb%5D%5Bj%5D%20is%20a%20self%2Dgoverning%20Caribbean%20archipelago%20and%20island%20organized%20as%20an%20unincorporated%20territory%20of%20the%20United%20States%20under%20the%20designation%20of%20commonwealth Whether or not a Puerto Rican person would describe themselves as Puerto Rican does not negate the fact that they are a U.S. citizen. https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1402&num=0&edition=prelim#:~:text=All%20persons%20born%20in%20Puerto%20Rico%20on%20or%20after%20January,the%20United%20States%20at%20birth. https://www.cga.ct.gov/PS97/rpt/olr/htm/97-R-0359.htm#:~:text=In%20general%2C%20most,January%2014%2C%201941 https://fam.state.gov/fam/08fam/08fam030206.html#:~:text=Puerto%20Rico%20comes%20within%20the%20definition%20of%20%22United%20States%22%20given%20in%20section%20101(a)(38)%20of%20the%20Immigration%20and%20Nationality%20Act%20(INA).%C2%A0%20A%20person%20born%20in%20Puerto%20Rico%20acquires%20U.S.%20citizenship%20in%20the%20same%20way%20as%20one%20born%20in%20any%20of%20the%2050%20States https://secure.ssa.gov/apps10/poms.nsf/lnx/0200303120#:~:text=All%20persons%20born%20in%20Puerto%20Rico%20on%20or%20after%20January%2013%2C%201941%2C%20and%20subject%20to%20the%20jurisdiction%20of%20the%20United%20States%2C%20are%20citizens%20of%20the%20United%20States%20at%20birth
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