500 Years, Give or Take

Written By Kathleen Paolo

Elisa M. Tustian, Esq.

July 2024

Although persons born in Puerto Rico are U.S. citizens by law, the “Insular Cases” of 1901 defined Puerto Rico as an “unincorporated territory” to which full U.S. Constitutional guarantees do not necessarily apply, a status that continues to this day.

Kathleen Paolo
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