The President of the United States, Joe Biden, will call for a new referendum as a mechanism to define the political status of Puerto Rico, according to the spokesman for the mandate, Jen Psaki.
“The president prefers a referendum for Puerto Rico and that the Puerto Ricans who decide the truck will follow,” Psaki signaled during a conference held at the Casa Blanca when the president spoke to Puerto Rico and Washington, DC.
In exchange, for Washington DC, Psaki says that the president supports the federal capital, but no offer will be made if incorporated. “For much, the president has supported the state for DC. But there is no limit to it or a plan, but it continues to support”, added Psaki.
For its part, Psaki also indicates that the Biden administration continues to respond that the poor can gain access to the Supplementary Social Security (SSI). Without embarrassment, the press release does not specify the reasons on which the Biden administration did not appeal against the decision of the First Circuit in the Federal Supreme Court. The ruling of the First Circuit in Boston is that the residents of Puerto Rico can receive the benefit of the SSI.
“We are working with the Congress to extend the parity of federal programs for the poor in critical areas. First, in the American Rescue Plan. [paquete de estímulo económico por el COVID-19], where puertorriqueños tendrían paridad in the credit for minors [Child Tax Credit] y en el Crédito por Ingresos Devengados [Earned Income Tax Credit]”the keys are the keys to reducing poverty in the island”, said Psaki.
“In addition, we support legislation to ensure that Puerto Rican residents have access to the benefits of Social Security and work with the Congress on this … Separate topics, by which the Federal Justice Department has more effective forms than ours about the case in the Supreme Court “, signaled.
Psaki’s expressions surgen tanned only one day after Commissioner Jenniffer González’s commissioned a meeting — along with Puerto Rican origin congressman Darren Soto — a project that allowed him to enter Puerto Rico as a member of the Union.
González and Soto, stated that the media has a bipartisan support in Congress. Among the federal legislators who present themselves will be the congresswoman Don Young, Republican of Alaska who for many years has supported the state of Puerto Rico, his correlation María Elvira Salazar, Florida, y Stephanie Murphy, representing Democrats for the same state.
See the press conference here. At minute 43:14 surge the question about the state of Puerto Rico. Mientras que in the minute 49:35 the question about the Supplementary Social Security: