@nprofile1q... Statehood, is the ultimate denigration of colonialism. It is like saying, thanks for being a slave for 125+ years, but you are now part of the family and cannot ever leave.
Alas, Puerto Rico as a state would not gain increased importance for native puertoricans. That is not how USian politics work. They aren't gonna give an island full of brown people any political power unless there's wealth extraction somewhere else to be gained and they already have that so there no need.