Puerto Rican citizenship and nationality
History of nationality in Puerto Rico
Spanish period (1508–1898)
Puerto Rico was a
Instability in the Spanish Empire resulted in a lengthy period where the Constitution of Cádiz was reinstated and revoked several times, leaving Puerto Rico without specific legal status for its inhabitants until 1873, when the
United States period (1898–present)
Establishing nationality for Puerto Rico (1898–1952)
At the conclusion of the Spanish–American War, under terms of the 1898 Treaty of Paris, the United States acquired control over Cuba, Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico.[21] Prior to signature of the treaty, all persons born in US possessions had been collectively naturalized by the United States. Under the terms of the 1898 Treaty, however, possessions were deemed to be foreign localities and because no collective naturalization was provided, persons living therein were not protected by the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.[22] The language created a new classification of non-citizen US nationals, which applied at the time to Cuba, Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico, and was later extended to include American Samoa, Guam, and the Virgin Islands. In essence, until Congress chose to convey rights of citizenship, inhabitants of possessions were not extended full constitutional rights, but belonged to the United States.[23]
The lack of a collective naturalization clause created a situation which treated inhabitants differently based upon their origin. Spanish nationals born in Spain could opt to remain Spanish, by making a formal declaration within one year of the treaty in a court that they wished to retain their original nationality. Failure to do so, severed the tie to Spain if the person remained in Puerto Rico. Foreigners remained foreign nationals. Persons born in Puerto Rico automatically became US nationals, but according to scholar John L. A. de Passalacqua, had no "citizenship whatsoever recognized under international law or even United States municipal law".[24] In 1900, the US Congress passed the first Organic Act, known as the Foraker Act, to regulate the status of Puerto Rico and establish a civilian government.[25] It created a legislature, over which the US Congress retained authority to annul laws[26] and established that while Puerto Ricans were US nationals, they were territorial citizens.[27] US nationality applied only to those who had renounced Spanish nationality or were already US nationals residing in Puerto Rico. It did not extend to foreigners or those born in Puerto Rico who were residing abroad.[25] The Puerto Rican Civil Code, as did other laws in force at the time, remained applicable in accordance with terms of the Foraker Act.[28] It was replaced in 1902, incorporating portions of the Louisiana Code.[20]
The Civil Code was revised again in 1930, with only slight modifications from the former version and contained provisions for the legal incapacitation of married women until revision in 1976.[20][29] In 1934, amendments to the Cable Act, which partially provided married women individual nationality, were incorporated into the Equal Nationality Act.[30][31] Women were allowed under the amendment for their children born abroad to derive their nationality.[30] The 1934 Nationality Act also provided that Puerto Rican women who had been denationalized because of marriage prior to March 2, 1917, the date upon which Puerto Ricans were extended US statutory citizenship, had the option to repatriate.[32][33] Amendments to the Jones Act, that same year, established that US collective naturalization was extended to all Puerto Ricans born after April 11, 1899, and thereafter naturalization was acquired at birth.[34][35] Minor changes were made to the Jones Act in 1940 extending US nationality to foreigners who had permanent residency in Puerto Rico.[36] That year the Nationality Act of 1940 codified into a single federal statute, various laws and decisions by the Supreme Court of the United States on nationality, including the status of non-citizen national, clarifying that not all persons with allegiance to the United States were able to acquire the rights and responsibilities of citizenship.[37] It also established the principle that after 1941, all Puerto Ricans acquired US nationality at birth, in a similar manner to other US nationals, no longer through naturalization.[38]
In 1942, a proposed amendment of 1940 Act passed the US House to address the provision with regard to Puerto Ricans for loss of nationality of naturalized persons.[35][39] Initially, US nationality had not been a birthright for islanders and under the Jones Act they were collectively naturalized. A provision of the 1940 Act denationalized naturalized persons after five years continuous residency abroad, but had no restriction on the length of foreign residence for birthright nationals. To address this discrepancy, the amendment proposed to exclude Puerto Ricans from loss of nationality because of residence abroad.[40] It was referred to committee in the Senate and had no further action.[39] The measure was reintroduced in 1943 and 1946, and was finally successful in exempting Puerto Ricans from denationalization in 1948.[41] The US Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, codified under Title 8 of the United States Code, revised the wording concerning Puerto Ricans, granting nationality to persons born in Puerto Rico on or after April 11, 1899, and prior to January 13, 1941, who had not been covered in previous legislation, and thereafter to Puerto Ricans at birth. It did not address the status of persons born prior to April 11, 1899.[42]
Establishing citizenship for Puerto Rico (1900–1952)
In 1900, the territorial legislature passed the Political Code of Puerto Rico, which recognized as Puerto Rican citizens, US nationals permanently living on the island, and former Spanish nationals who had severed ties with Spain, in language identical to the Foraker Act. However, it also contained the primary provision in Title II, Section 10, that anyone born in Puerto Rico "and subject to the jurisdiction thereof" was a Puerto Rican citizen.
In 1917, the Jones–Shafroth Act established statutory, rather than constitutional, US citizenship, upon US nationals of Puerto Rico and those who might have been absent from the territory at the time of US acquisition, but who had now returned to the island.[45][48] People who had renounced foreign nationality and were previously Puerto Rican under local law, became stateless under the terms of the Jones Act.[36] In 1922, the US Supreme Court clarified in the case of Balzac v. Porto Rico (258 US 298, 1922) that the full protection and rights of the US Constitution are not applicable to residents of Puerto Rico until they come to reside in the United States proper.[49] Amendments to the Jones Act in 1927 extended naturalization with statutory citizenship to those who had been absent when it was enacted and those whom it had rendered stateless because of residency under previous Spanish law.[36]
In 1950, the US Congress passed Public Law 600, authorizing Puerto Rico to draft its own constitution to regulate its internal affairs.[50] A local referendum was held to determine whether the government should be organized with a commonwealth status. The Constitutional Convention of Puerto Rico established a constitution which had few differences between the relationship of Puerto Rico and the United States. Parts of the Jones Act were repealed, but the remainder ensured that the permanent association with the United States remained.[51]
Current system
Nationality acquisition and federal citizenship
By virtue of the various laws passed concerning Puerto Rican nationality and citizenship, Puerto Ricans acquire nationality and federal citizenship by various means. These include by birth in one of the fifty states or District of Columbia; becoming naturalized; under the terms of the Jones Act, as it has been amended over time; under provisions of the Nationality Act of 1940 and by having a parent who was Puerto Rican and held federal nationality; or birth in Puerto Rico on or after April 11, 1899.
Relinquishing United States nationality
United States citizens are allowed to give up their nationality and citizenship if the act is voluntary and intentional.[59] Over time, 287 residents of Puerto Rico have formally renounced their nationality.[60] Since 1990, the US State Department presumes no intention to give up nationality, even when a person has performed a potentially expatriating act.[61] Renunciation requires making a formal declaration, which is sworn before a designated authority in the United States during a time of war, or abroad at any time to a consular officer; attending an interview and counseling session; payment of a fee; and signing requisite documents.[62]
In 1994, Juan Mari Brás flew to Venezuela and renounced his US nationality, in an attempt to rid himself from what he saw as the colonialism inherent in Puerto Ricans being considered U.S. nationals.[63] [64] In 1995, he was issued a Certificate of Loss of Nationality by the State Department.[63] In 1996, the Secretary of Justice issued clarification on the matter to the Governor of Puerto Rico confirming that nationality in a sovereign state is not the same as state or territorial citizenship. Further, because Puerto Rico falls under the sovereignty of the United States, renunciation of his nationality left him stateless and it would require a decision of the US Immigration and Naturalization Service, as to whether he could obtain a visa to remain in Puerto Rico after renunciation.[65] In the US District Court for the District of Columbia a decision in Davis v. District Director (481 F. Supp. 1178, D.D.C., 1979) determined that renunciation of US nationality rendered the person an alien without right to remain in the country without a valid visa.[66] The same district court upheld similar findings in Colón v. U.S. Department of State (2 F. Supp. 2d 43, D.D.C., 1998), ruling that US nationality cannot be renounced if it is the intent of a petitioner to reside in Puerto Rico and allege that they can do so because they have Puerto Rican citizenship.[67][68] Shortly thereafter, because Mari Brás wished to remain in Puerto Rico, the State Department reversed its decision to accept his renunciation.[69]
Domestic citizenship
Since 1900, with the establishment of the territorial legislature under the terms of the Foraker Act, and development of the Political Code of Puerto Rico, domestic citizenship has been recognized[44] and was later recognized in the Constitution of Puerto Rico.[70][71] When women gained the right to vote in the United States in 1919, the Bureau of Insular Affairs confirmed that their new constitutional right did not extend to unincorporated territories.[72] The US Supreme Court confirmed in the Insular Cases that extension of the franchise was bound by the terms in the Foraker Act.[73] Puerto Rican suffragists and their supporters, led by women such as Isabel Andreu de Aguilar, Rosario Bellber, and Milagros Benet de Mewton, among others, introduced women's suffrage legislation in 1919, 1921, 1923, and 1927 without success.[74][75] De Mewton sued the Electoral Board in 1924 for refusing to allow her to register, but the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico ruled against her on the grounds that the legislature had the authority to determine who were eligible voters in the island.[76][77] Appealing to the United States legislature, suffragists pressed for federal legislation for the right to vote. When the US House introduced legislation in 1928, the Puerto Rican legislature agreed to review the issue. They passed a bill in 1929 to extend the franchise to women, limited to those who were literate.[78] Universal suffrage was finally granted in Puerto Rico in 1936.[79]
The constitution adopted in 1952 provided citizens of the Commonwealth with a bill of rights consistent with the US Constitution.[70] Acts of the Puerto Rican government must conform to federal requirements, but they are able to exercise self-governance in a manner similar to all states in the federal system.[80] In 1997, during his quest to divest himself of US nationality, Mari Brás attempted to redefine Puerto Rican citizenship and have it recognized as nationality.[81] In the case of Miriam J. Ramirez de Ferrer v. Juan Mari Brás (144 DPR 141, 1997) the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico reaffirmed that Puerto Rican citizenship existed, but that it existed in the context of a US nationality. The ruling confirmed that citizenship in the island was dependent on both US citizenship and residency in Puerto Rico.[82][81] The day prior to the ruling, Puerto Rico's Political Code had been amended with similar language.[83] Since the summer of 2007, the Puerto Rico State Department has developed a protocol to grant Puerto Rican citizenship certificates to Puerto Ricans.[84] Certificates of Puerto Rican citizenship are issued on request by the Puerto Rico State Department to confirm a person's citizenship status in Puerto Rico to any persons born on the island and subject to its jurisdiction, as well as to those born outside of the island that have at least one parent who was born on the island.[85]
Dual nationality
The official policy of the United States Government allows
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Application form for the
Certificate of Puerto Rican Citizenship -
Reverse side of the application form for the
Certificate of Puerto Rican Citizenship
See also
- Santori v. United States
- Demographics of Puerto Rico
- Independence movement in Puerto Rico
- Statehood movement in Puerto Rico
Notes
- ^ The Constitution of the United States establishes that rights flow from both national and state citizenship,[3] as does the Jones Act for Puerto Ricans.[4] Because federal law, including treaties, overrides other laws within its territorial limits only if those laws are incompatible with national statutes,[5][6] states historically have been able to grant or withhold rights for various categories of persons residing in their jurisdiction without abridging the Equal Protection Clause.[7] Until the 1960s, differences in legislation among various jurisdictions gave people extremely different civil rights depending upon where they resided.[8]
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- ^ Kerber 1997, p. 834.
- ^ a b Bickel 1973, p. 369.
- ^ Hein 2009, pp. 449–450.
- ^ Lapidus 1980, p. 252.
- ^ Vázquez 2008, pp. 622–625.
- ^ Ginsburg 1979, p. 162.
- ^ Carlson 2007, p. 262.
- ^ a b c d Hein 2009, pp. 426–427.
- ^ a b c d Venator-Santiago 2013, p. 16.
- ^ de Passalacqua 1990, p. 139.
- ^ Trías Monge 1997, p. vii.
- ^ Trías Monge 1997, pp. 8, 20.
- ^ a b Trías Monge 1997, p. 9.
- ^ de Passalacqua 1990, p. 141.
- ^ a b de Passalacqua 1990, p. 142.
- ^ a b Viñas Farré 2009, p. 288.
- ^ Trías Monge 1997, pp. 9–10.
- ^ Trías Monge 1997, p. 11.
- ^ a b c Criollo Oquero 2016.
- ^ Hein 2009, pp. 445.
- ^ Venator-Santiago 2017, p. 515.
- ^ Villazor 2017, p. 1676.
- ^ de Passalacqua 1990, p. 144.
- ^ a b de Passalacqua 1990, p. 145.
- ^ Hein 2009, p. 447.
- ^ Villazor 2017, p. 1691.
- ^ Revised Statutes 1902, p. xvii.
- ^ Figueroa-Torres 2008, p. 2.
- ^ a b Volpp 2005, p. 420.
- ^ Bredbenner 1998, p. 9.
- ^ Bredbenner 1998, p. 241.
- ^ Weare 2017, p. 149.
- ^ Hein 2009, p. 449.
- ^ a b Venator-Santiago 2013, p. 23.
- ^ a b c de Passalacqua 1990, p. 149.
- ^ Villazor 2017, pp. 1698, 1709.
- ^ Venator-Santiago 2013, pp. 14, 23.
- ^ a b Congressional Record 1942, p. 601.
- ^ Venator-Santiago 2013, pp. 22–23.
- ^ Venator-Santiago 2013, pp. 24–25.
- ^ de Passalacqua 1990, pp. 149–150.
- ^ Revised Statutes 1902, p. 303.
- ^ a b de Passalacqua 1990, p. 146.
- ^ a b c d Hein 2009, p. 448.
- ^ Venator-Santiago 2013, pp. 18–19.
- ^ Venator-Santiago 2017, p. 517.
- ^ de Passalacqua 1990, p. 147.
- ^ Cardona-Arroyo 2019, pp. 72–73.
- ^ Hein 2009, p. 450.
- ^ Hein 2009, pp. 450–451.
- ^ de Passalacqua 1990, p. 150.
- ^ Venator-Santiago 2013, p. 13.
- ^ Hein 2009, p. 454.
- ^ "Puerto Rico pays taxes. The US is obligated to help it just as much as Texas and Florida". Vox. October 4, 2017.
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- ^ de Passalacqua 1990, pp. 153–154.
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- ^ Kelly 1992, pp. 442–444.
- ^ Worster 2012, p. 2.
- ^ a b de Passalacqua 1997, p. 270.
- ^ Huot Calderon 1996, p. 337.
- ^ de Passalacqua 1997, p. 271.
- ^ Huot Calderon 1996, pp. 332–333.
- ^ Martin 1999, p. 22.
- ^ Font-Guzman & Aleman 2010, p. 133.
- ^ Nylund 2014, p. 223.
- ^ a b Aleinikoff 1994, p. 30.
- ^ SOLICITUD DE CERTIFICADO DE CIUDADANÍA DE PUERTO RICO
- ^ Clark 1975, p. 43.
- ^ Terborg-Penn 1998, p. 49.
- ^ Clark 1975, p. 42.
- ^ Rivera López 2016, pp. 537.
- ^ Rivera López 2016, pp. 525–526.
- ^ Rivera Lassén 2010, p. 43.
- ^ Clark 1975, pp. 43–45.
- ^ Roy-Féquière 2004, p. 75.
- ^ Aleinikoff 1994, p. 31.
- ^ a b Venator-Santiago 2001, p. 907.
- ^ Malavet 2010, pp. 242–243.
- ^ Malavet 2010, p. 243.
- ^ Acosta Pumarejo 2016, p. 112.
- ^ Acosta Pumarejo 2016, p. 114.
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- ^ Acosta Pumarejo 2016, p. 118.
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External links
- Media related to Puerto Rican citizenship at Wikimedia Commons