An incredible 181 members of the House of Representatives
have signed on as co-sponsors of a bill that will likely lead to statehood for Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Border Security Council
is sounding the alarm.
"Proponents
of Puerto Rico statehood only need 37 more Members of Congress to support the ‘Puerto Rican Democracy Act' (H.R. 2499)
in order for it to pass," reports U.S. Border Security Council Executive Director Brice Griffin. "This is
a terrible bill that was designed to make Puerto Rico the 51st state."
Pedro Pierluisi, Puerto Rico's representative in Congress authored the controversial measure
and has succeeded in pushing his bill through the committee.
"Next step for this bill is the
House floor," says Griffin. "We have to act now to stop this hideous legislation."
Under the bill, Puerto Ricans would have to cast ballots
on two different referendum measures that are written by supporters of Puerto Rico statehood. "Basically this bill
calls for rigged elections that favor activists who want Puerto Rico to be a state," Griffin explains. "These
people are going to great lengths to get two more left-wing ‘open borders' Senators."
The U.S. Border Security Council is leading the opposition to this bill and any other measure
that will lead to statehood for the mostly Spanish-speaking island territory.
"Some months
ago we began mobilizing the American people to push back against this bill," Griffin says. "However, we need
to do much, much more. This bill already has a great deal of bipartisan support, and it will be very, very hard to stop
it now without the help of the American people."
Griffin reports that the news media and even many other pro-national security groups have been
strangely silent on the issue of Puerto Rico statehood. "The American people don't realize how close we are to
having a Spanish-speaking 51st state shoved down our throats," says Griffin. "Americans can not afford to
make Puerto Rico a state and our efforts are aimed at making sure the American people and their elected representatives understand
that fact."