# Citizenship and the Draft - Source Packet

## Public Video

- YouTube Short: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Lc17HvQqXJY
- YouTube ID: Lc17HvQqXJY
- Inventory status: published/live on the BoricuaReceipts YouTube Shorts feed

## Receipt Spine

- Puerto Ricans became U.S. citizens under the Jones-Shafroth Act.
- World War I and draft records are part of the timing and context.
- Do not claim citizenship was granted only because of the draft.

## Source Links

- U.S. Capitol Visitor Center / National Archives artifact: https://www.visitthecapitol.gov/artifact/hr-9533-act-provide-civil-government-porto-rico-jones-shafroth-act-june-30-1916
- Library of Congress: Jones-Shafroth Act: https://guides.loc.gov/latinx-civil-rights/jones-shafroth-act
- National Archives: WWI Draft Registration Cards: https://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww1/draft-registration

## Local Receipt Trail

- episode-14-citizenship-and-the-draft-pre-elevenlabs-approval-2026-06-12.md

## Public Guardrail

This page is included because the video is already public and now has an attached source trail. Keep draft-only production details out of the public archive.