Second-class citizens in wake of Maria
PHILADELPHIA -- Xavier Totti moved to the mainland United States from his native Puerto Rico 43 years ago. He is still asked routinely if he is "legal," and when he mails packages to relatives back home, he has to fill out an international form.
So, the 65-year-old anthropologist was not surprised by a Morning Consult-New York Times poll that showed more than half of Americans don't realize that Puerto Rico is a U.S. territory -- and that its residents are U.S. citizens ...
"The response from Congress ... has been almost as if Puerto Rico did not exist," said Jose Cruz, a political scientist at the University at Albany-State University of New York. His mother and sister live on the island ...
... Eight lawmakers, many .. Latino, sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security, linking Puerto Rico's current crisis to larger problems with federal oversight ...
"The people of Puerto Rico have long been denied the same benefits provided to other American citizens," the letter read. "Today, the stakes are just too high" ...
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