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100 + GROUPS, LEADERS RALLY FOR ‘PUERTO RICO SELF-DETERMINATION ACT’

More than 100 groups and leaders from Puerto Rico and throughout the United States today announced their support for the Puerto Rico Self-Determination of 2021, introduced last Thursday by Reps. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Senators Robert Menéndez (D-NJ) and Roger Wicker (R-MS) with a total of 83, and counting, original Members of Congress and Senators sponsoring the legislation. The announcement at a press conference and rally came on March 22nd, Emancipation Day, the annual holiday commemorating when slavery was legally abolished in in Puerto Rico.