On the recordApril 1, 2009
We cannot do it ourselves. We know we need the community, we need their support and help.
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congress.govWe cannot do it ourselves. We know we need the community, we need their support and help.
Emphasizing the need for community cooperation in effective policing.
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This must also be taken together with the fact that Puerto Ricans have never favored independence.
Congress must immediately end its inherently colonial territorial rule over Puerto Rico, because it violates America's values of democracy, equal justice under the law, and government by the consent of the governed.
With lesser margins: laws are passed, judicial and executive appointments are confirmed and politicians, including presidents, are elected.
We have held a more than one referendum in which the majority of the people have voted, unequivocally for statehood.