The Jones Act of 1917.
Rephrase your question. There is no strictly Puerto Rican citizenship, Puerto Rican residents ARE US citizens. As fas as the presidency goes, Puerto Ricans are not allowed to vote for the President of the United States because they are not residents of a US State.
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People born in Puerto Rico are citizens of the United States of America.
They are US Citizens.
Nicaragua. Nicaragua is much larger at about 50,000 square miles. Puerto Rico is about 3500 square miles. Puerto Rico has about 4 million residents. Nicaragua has about 5.7 million residents.
Puerto Ricans are citizens of the United States they have (U.S Citizenship). But are also given/offered a certificate of Puerto Rican Cititzenship. So they are citizens of the United States and Puerto Rico.
Be a resident of Puerto Rico. Have an American citizenship or be a legal resident of United States and territories.
US citizenship.
Puerto Rico became a territory of the United States when Spain ceded the island to the United States in 1898. The Jones Act of 1917 granted all residents born in Puerto Rico citizenship to the US. Spanish Citizens (those born on Puerto Rico before 1898) were given the choice to accept US citizenship or retain their Spanish Citizenship. The reason for the Jones act had to do with the US acquisition of the Dutch Virgin Islands (now the US Virgin Islands) during World War I. One of the conditions of the sale of the islands to the US was that all residents of the islands, including Puerto Rico be granted full US citizenship.
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