I am not necessarily against this, but there are a lot of concerns that could get in the way. They have a $120+ billion debt, an uneducated population and produce nothing of value. It would essentially be a welfare move for Puerto Rico, but what does the US get out of it?
I think Puerto Rican statehood would be a better reality if tens of millions of illegal Mexicans and anchor children were not already in the US. We got absolutely nothing from that raw deal. At least with Puerto Rico we could have picked up more land.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/16/u...statehood.html