The diaspora is Puerto Rico's untapped supply of founders

Outmigration is a risk, but Act 60 can turn the diaspora into an immediate source of residents and founders.

Valeria Soto Marrero

Columnist, La Isla Que Viene

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Migration returned to a net loss in 2025, the Census Bureau reported. That is the old story: outmigration is a risk factor for Puerto Rico's outlook. ^[1] But the island has an untapped supply: the diaspora. Every Puerto Rican who comes home under Act 60 is a birth the island did not have to wait eighteen years for.