UTUADO, PUERTO RICO - OCTOBER 06: Jose Javier Santana holds a Puerto Rican flag he found on the ground after Hurricane Maria passed through on October 6, 2017 in Utuado, Puerto Rico. Mr. Santana said that the flag in its torn and frayed shape is how Puerto Rico is now. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)The devastation in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria has brought the small island off the coast of Florida -- home to 3. 4 million American citizens -- into the spotlight. Some critics of the federal government's response have raised concerns that help to the island is lagging because it is a US territory and not a state.
