Puerto Rico is considered equivalent to a state, for purposes of determining whether a noncitizen was convicted of a crime for deportation purposes, giving the same effect to its judicial decrees as if they were orders of a state court and the same effect to its legislative enactments as it would to state statutes. Herrera-Inirio v. INS, 208 F.3d 299, 304 n.1 (1st Cir. 2000) (citing 28 U.S.C. 1738 (extending full faith and credit doctrine to Puerto Rico); 48 U.S.C. 734 (providing that, unless otherwise specified, federal statutes applicable to states apply to Puerto Rico)); see also Cruz v. Melecio, 204 F.3d 14 (1st Cir. 2000). Persons born in Puerto Rico are United States citizens, although there are some issues if the birth date was prior to 1941. INA 302, 8 U.S.C. 1402.