SHOULD PUERTO RICO BECOME THE 51ST STATE? THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THAT NEW MEXICO SENATOR MARTIN HEINRICH HAS INTRODUCED A BILL THAT WOULD PUT THE ISSUE TO PUERTO RICANS THEMSELVES IN THE FORM OF A REFERENDUM. IF APPROVED, IT WOULD NEED THE O.K. OF CONGRESS.
HEINRICH SAYS, IN 2012, MORE THAN HALF OF PUERTO RICANS VOTED TO REJECT THEIR COMMONWEALTH'S CURRENT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE U.S. PUERTO RICO HAS BEEN AN AMERICAN TERRITORY FOR 116 YEARS.
