Discussion of status is a way to ignore and to keep ignoring the real issue: denial of voting rights, denial of participating in our nation's democratic process and denial of economic equality and opportunities for Hispanic Americans in Puerto Rico.
Pierluisi argues that discussing status distracts from voting rights and economic equality issues.
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All workers who were doing in--rendering in-person services while being exposed to this virus deserved this premium pay or hazard pay, and we did it.
My people and I will never consent to inequality. Inequality is un-American. And we must all stand against it.
You will get an overwhelming vote from the people of Puerto Rico accepting it.
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