The statehood movement is growing, and support for making Puerto Rico the 51st state is stronger than ever before. Now, we want to hear from you.
After bringing citizen advocates from all over the U.S. to Washington, D.C., for the annual Statehood Summit earlier this year, we’re shifting the focus of our national grassroots movement to your own backyard.
That’s why we’re launching a new initiative calling on statehood supporters from across the country to speak up for Puerto Rico statehood in your hometown newspapers and media outlets — where your elected officials learn the most about what is happening in their states and districts.
Letters for Statehood: America United
Our new Letters for Statehood: America United campaign is seeking local voices who are interested in signing letters to the editor and contributing opinion pieces in your hometown outlets sharing why statehood for Puerto Rico matters. Expressing support for statehood at the local level is one of the best ways you can boost the recent momentum surrounding the Puerto Rico status issue. And you can now add your voice to this critical effort.
Signing up to participate is easy. Just fill out our short online form and share some background information or a personal story about why statehood matters to you. Our team employs a variety of methods to obtain local media coverage in ways that will engage key federal legislators in their home states and districts. If an opportunity arises to elevate your voice, we will reach out with more information on how you can take the next step.
With tens of thousands of statehood supporters from every state in the U.S., now is the time to get loud. From coast to coast, your communities are connected to the island in countless ways. The longer Puerto Rico’s status remains unresolved, the greater the impact on these businesses, workers, and families. Local voices matter — and your stories can make a difference. We want to give you a platform to let lawmakers know that statehood for Puerto Rico matters to Americans from all walks of life, not just those on the island or in Washington.
We have already successfully connected local citizen advocates — from educators, to activists, to veterans — with their hometown papers and online media outlets throughout the country, but we remain far from our goal of putting statehood front and center for the leaders making decisions on Puerto Rico’s future. That’s why we need you to get loud and get on the record with your support.
Our work in Congress remains crucial, and you can support those efforts by taking our national movement local and backing statehood in the communities your elected officials serve. Add your name to the Letters for Statehood: America United initiative today.
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Puerto Rico should be our 51 state , every war that the United States been in so has Puerto Rico and has shaded a lot of blood defending our democracy
With you all the way!
Yes to Puerto Rico into A State Hood
We, the people of Puerto Rico. Born raised , Educated in the finest schools with the best educators Given to the world exelent professionals that move to North America to served.
Puerto Rico is a historical Island. Is a Posesión of the USA. Given some benefits for belonging to the.
As citizens, we have the right to live in any state we chose to. We are protected by the best Military in the world.
We get assistance with federal programs.
The Island is and has become a tourist
Place to visit. It is the pearl of the caribian
There people are so welcoming. Humble people that work very hard to put food in there table.
You are consider as family. Your neighbors are your extended family. They will help you out off pure heart.
We have requested the statehood. We been denied by congres simply because political views. They see that PR represent Democrats. And that is the factor that makes PR not to be a State. We should not be Democrats. Or Republicans. Or none political till we become a state After been a state PR should vote in how many are Democrats how many Republican.
Personally I am a republican.
It is time to become a state After if we don’t become a state with Trump in power we
Never will. Democrats has been offering us the statehood but they get in power and forget there promises
P R should never independent. We are Americans and always be. We must protect our Island from the socialist and comunist regiment all around us.
They are here in the island bringing with them the mental socialist and comunist regiment view poison our youth.
We should become the 51 State in our nation.
Without state constitutions, there are no states.
If there are no states, there is no United States.
And without the United States, there is no U.S. Constitution, no U.S. Congress, no U.S. President, no U.S. executives, and no U.S. Federal Courts. Without the federal government, there are no sessions of Congress, no federal law, no enforcement of federal law, no interpretation of federal law, and no federal trials. Without the federal government, there are no federal benefits and no federal liabilities.
Without the United States, there would be no U.S. territories, but there would be no federal funds either for the states or for those territories.