Luis Gutiérrez: “You want to end illegal immigration? Leave -- leave the mothers that haven't had their children alone.”

So, don't let anyone tell you that statehood will somehow diminish our cultural pride and heritage.

A majority of voters in Puerto Rico have requested statehood, now Congress must respond by officially offering it and allowing voters on the island to ratify their choice in a binding vote.

Not allowed Representation in Congress to US Citizens

To turn around and tell voters to go back to the drawing board and re-define multiple other options which the majority has rejected three times in the last eight years in favor of statehood, would not only be insulting to us, but…