The Different Experience of Puerto Ricans' Migration to the United States

Various experiences of Puerto Rican immigrants to the United States Some people tend to look at Puerto Rico's experience as a historic reproduction of early immigrants to the United States. But Puerto Rico's experience of immigration to the United States is more complex and unique. There are certainly similarities between Puerto Rican immigrants and immigrants from other groups, but there is no other group of ethnic groups sharing the sufferings of the people of Puerto Rico.

Because Puerto Rico is the territory of the island of the United States, entry of Puerto Rico into the United States is legal. Therefore, Puerto Ricans who immigrate to the mainland are American citizens, so they are not international immigrants. Because their country was not a sovereign state but a territory of the United States, Puerto Ricans did not cross international borders on a trip to the mainland (J. Duany, 2002). They allow them to move to the US without a passport or visa and return to their island country after their taste and seasonal work ("Puerto Rico", 1998). Puerto Ricans as US citizens can not be deported after seasonal labor

Like other Caribbean countries, the level of immigration in Puerto Rico is also increasing. In the 2000 census, almost half of Puerto Ricans have already shown that they live in the United States. Movement of Puerto Ricans to the United States involved neighboring countries such as Cuba and the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico. Despite the high mobility of immigrants in Puerto Rico, it is common to return to immigration to their country. Such high level immigrants and immigrants in Puerto Rico seek a metaphor such as 'mobile country', 'commuting country', 'passenger of airbus' (Potter, 2005).