Pedro Pierluisi actually said...

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.

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Pierluisi argues that discussing status distracts from voting rights and economic equality issues.

07/31/2013

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