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Posted on: August 22nd, 2007
Filed Under: [ Hispanic News ] [ Immigration ] [ Commentary ]
Tags: citizenship, documentary, Dream Act, Puerto Rican
“While the federal Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act DREAM Act would grant undocumented immigrants a college tuition discount and American citizenship, the bill discriminates against Puerto Ricans.
Since World War I, when the Jones Act of 1917 granted Puerto Ricans U.S. citizenship to be eligible for the draft, Puerto Ricans have fought in every American military conflict. Today, Puerto Ricans from the island serve in Iraq. Furthermore, according to the Web site for the documentary The Borinqueneers, about an all-Puerto Rican infantry regiment, The 65th Infantry Regiment was created in 1899 by the U.S. Congress as a segregated unit composed primarily of Puerto Ricans with mostly continental officers. It went on to serve meritoriously in three wars: World War I, World War II, and the Korean War.”
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