According to an Associated Press report Saturday, every person with a Puerto Rican birth certificate will need to get a new one this year. That's a big hassle. And not that many people who are directly affected know about it yet and it could even interfere with their ability to vote in 2010 or beyond.
Moreover, it's another example of the knots we twist ourselves into because we haven't addressed our broken immigration system. Did I just say there was an immigration issue related to Puerto Ricans? That doesn't make sense. Read on...
Cross-posted at AlterNet's SpeakEasy...
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