The Puerto Rican Birth Certificate Problem You Haven’t Heard About, Yet

Douglas Rivlin writes on AlterNet about an issue — the requirement that Puerto Ricans get a new birthj certificate this year — at the intersection of U.S. immigration and citizenship law. The reason: “The odd thing is, despite the fact that Puerto Ricans are born U.S. citizens, the reason for the new law relates to immigration. Documents, especially identity documents that have Spanish-sounding names and confer automatic citizenship, are a hot property on the black market.”

KJ