Reed D James wrote:
In my view, the status of Puerto Rico as a somewhat independent nation, at least in feeling, falls between the cracks. A former Spanish colony, it was taken over by the US in the Spanish-American war. It is now a Commonwealth of the United States, but its identity continues to be Latin American. You could argue that the Puerto Ricans who emigrated to the mainland are immigrants even though they are technically US citizens.
The U.S. already devotes to use and educate people with Spanish widely in many states. I do not feel that Puerto Rico as a nation should switch to another language, different from the language having been settled by the U.S. for centuries.
Soonthon L.