martes, 4 de diciembre de 2012
HISPANIC ELECTED OFFICIAL TELLS CONGRESS TO ADMIT PUERTO RICO AS STATE
USA,
December 4, 2012. Last week Ohio state House Rep. Daniel Ramos introduced
resolution H. C. R. No. 57 to the assembly floor urging Congress to begin the
steps togranting statehood to what is now the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
In
the resolution, Ramos gave the reasons why Puerto Rico should become a state;
Puerto Ricans are natural born citizens of the United States because of the
Jones-Shafroth Act signed March 2 of 1917, Puerto Ricans have and currently
serve in the U.S. military, and in this past November elections a majority of Puerto
Ricans voted to no longer be governed as a commonwealth and want to be admitted
as a state.
In
the resolution, Ramos continues to say the United States was founded on the
principle of the government making decisions based on “the consent of the
governed”, and because the island of Puerto Rico voted for statehood; it is the
United States’ obligation to admit the commonwealth as a state.
Ohio
has a Hispanic population of about 317,000 according to the latest Census
results and Ramos is the lone Hispanic currently serving in the Ohio state
assembly.
Co-sponsors of the resolution
include: Representatives Foley, Hagan, R., Letson, Gerberry, Murray,Yuko, Boyd,
Lundy, Reece, Milkovich, Celeste, Antonio, and Cera.
By
Marcus Atkinson of HispanicOhio.com editor