The bill, which President Barack Obama signed on Thursday, allows Puerto Rico to restructure some of its debt as U.S. cities and counties can. Though the bill is intended to help Puerto Rico, the outside oversight board and a provision to cut the minimum wage for some workers have fed into the sense of many that islanders are second-class citizens, forced to beg Congress for help in a time of need. The shift in sentiment is dramatized by the woes of the governing Popular Democratic Party, the standard-bearer for the island's current status as a commonwealth. Unemployment is at nearly 12 percent, higher than in any U.S.