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U.S. Citzienship in Puerto Rico: One Hundred Years After the Jones Act.

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Author(s): VENATOR-SANTIAGO, CHARLES R.¹ ; MELÉNDEZ, EDGARDO²
Source:
Centro Journal. Spring2017, Vol. 29 Issue 1, p14-37. 24p.

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- Subject Terms:
  JONES Act of Puerto Rico (U.S. : 1917); CITIZENSHIP; PUERTO Ricans; PUERTO Rican history, 1898-1952; NATURALIZATION; INSULAR possessions of the United States; HISTORY; TWENTIETH century; STATUS (Law)
- Subject Terms:
  PUERTO Rico; UNITED States
- Abstract:
  This article reflects on the 100th anniversary of the enactment of the Jones Act of 1917, which extended United States citizenship to Puerto Ricans. The authors comment on the laws related to naturalization in Puerto Rico and examine the history of U.S. imperialism and relations on the island dating from 1898.

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