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If Puerto Rico became a US state, would someone born in Puerto Rico be eligible to run for President?

April 26, 2017America Constitution north politics puerto rico U.S. United

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If Puerto Rico became a US state, would someone born in Puerto Rico be eligible to run for President?

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By statue, Puertorricans were given US citizenship in 1952. The statue gave anyone born in Puerto Rico between 1898 and 1941 US citizenship. Anyone born in PR after 1941 is deemed a “natrual born citizen”. It’s a separate section of US code 8, the same one that allows John McCain to be eligible to be president.