HONOLULU – American Samoa residents living in Utah filed a lawsuit Tuesday in a second attempt to gain citizenship status for residents of the U.S. territory in the South Pacific.
Lead plaintiff John Fitisemanu, and others born in American Samoa, are petitioning U.S. courts for citizenship under the 14th Amendment of the Constitution, which confers citizenship at birth to anyone born in the United States. The Associated Press obtained the documents before the case was filed.
Although American Samoa became a U.S. territory in 1900, those born there aren’t recognized as citizens, and are instead considered U.S. nationals.
Source: APNewsBreak: American Samoans sue for birthright citizenship
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Susie
March 27, 2018
If they are granted citizenship, does that mean these islands should be the 51st state?
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Stephen McElroy
March 28, 2018
No but the people of Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Saipan, and the Northern Marianas are U.S. citizens at birth. These Island territories have been part of the U.S. for over 100 years. Supreme Court Justice Stoutamire is a Puerto Rican she was a citizen at birth. The fourteenth amendment is clear. All people born in the U.S. and Territories controlled by the U.S. are citizens at birth.
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Susie
March 28, 2018
🙂
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