This is a two part question: 1. Would you welcome Puerto Rico into the union if its people were to request statehood? 2. If the answer to the first question is yes, would you require Puerto Rico to implement English as the dominant language of the island or would you allow it to remain a Spanish speaking entity much as it is now under commonwealth?|||hahah Nowadays Spanish is already the Second language of the USA =D There are over 35 million people who speak Spanish in the US. The last census says that roughly 16% of the whole country speaks Spanish. It is by far the most widely spoken language after English and that's why there are so many jobs that require professionals who can speak, read and write fluently Spanish in the US therefore Spanish certainly is the most studied language in the US also There are also t.v. channels and radio stations totally in Spanish as well as the 911 Service and there are many Americans whose their native language is actually Spanish, not English now I ask you this question, would they really try to make Puerto ricans speak only in English when there are more Spanish speakers in the USA than in many countries that have Spanish as official language? lol I think that would be just ridiculous xD|||Yes. Problem is they don't have to pay federal taxes but get all the benefits. I'd be willing to give up might right to vote for President if I could get out of paying federal taxes. So, though they resoundingly vote not to be independent every time the question comes up, they don't want to be a state. They're not stupid. No. Most who come to the mainland and want to be successful, learn to speak English fluently--like my husband and his family. (He just happens to be there now for his grandmother's funeral. She was 96 and she was taught English in school when it wasn't politically incorrect to do so in efforts to broaden a student's education.)|||I'd be delighted if PR became a state. Spanish is already our unofficial second language and in another thirty years it will be our first language. Long before then, bilingualism should be mandated to receive a high school diploma in USA.|||Why the **** would we want pr? We have enough problems in our economy to try and take in another area to be our own. And im sure they wouldnt want to have to learn english. Also you think it would work? A lot of people in the states dont even speak english. This whole subject is outrageous.|||YES! As for the second question English isnt even the official language in the 50 states, I'd be okay with it being taught as a secondary language.

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