Supreme Court Rejects Appeal to Give American Samoans Citizenship
American Samoa is the only unincorporated territory of the United States where the inhabitants are not American citizens at birth.
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American Samoa is the only unincorporated territory of the United States where the inhabitants are not American citizens at birth.
PAGO PAGO (Office of the American Samoa Congressional Delegate) — U.S. Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomes news on Monday that the Supreme Court of the United States did not take up
The action dashes hopes of American Samoans who were seeking birthright citizenship and leaves intact a decision that breathed new life into distinctions between U.S. states and territories.
Advocates had hoped the case would be a chance for the court to overturn racist case law that affects residents of all U.S. territories.
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