Gregorio Sablan: “there is no easy way that our nation will be able to maintain our influence in what is becoming an increasingly…”

I am not convinced the Department has been using this money as effectively as it could.

The explicit reasoning behind the most famous of the cases, Downes v. Bidwell in 1901 was that the new territories are inhabited by alien races that could not be governed by Anglo-Saxon principles.

I agree with you, sir. Yet, I don't think it strengthens America's position in the region if our population there is shrinking.

I wish to associate myself with the statements including the discussion of the legal hurdles of allowing citizens of territories to fully and finally exercise their rights as Americans.