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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Members of the public are questioning why the American Samoa Immigration Office has denied so many entry permits for Samoa citizens — especially those applying for the Guest Worker Program for StarKist Cannery — despite all requirements needed for entry being submitted....
We have long known that whatever the state of the economy or the weather, the Open-Borders types argue that there is a need for more foreign workers. Flood or drought, boom or bust, we "need" more of them they say. Ten million or more Americans out work because of the virus? They argue we need more...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man whose Immigration ID expired Jan. 21, 2019 has been released to the custody of Immigration. The man appeared in District Court Monday on charges of private peace disturbance and third degree assault following an alleged physical altercation with his wife. (To...
Attorney General Talauega Eleasalo V. Ale (right) and the AG’s office administrator  Fa’aua’a Katuferu during the Department of Legal Affairs FY 2020 budget hearing on Wednesday before the Fono Joint Budget Committee
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Sen. Logoai Siaki Logoai, a retired High Court associate judge, is questioning why prosecutors in many criminal cases — especially sexual assault cases involving minors—- enter into plea deals with a defendant, resulting in charges being dismissed. The Manu’a senator...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — This past week, the Immigration Office still had not located overstayer Kalava Sefo, for which a bench warrant was issued after he failed to appear in District Court for a pretrial conference earlier this month. Sefo, 31, is charged with assault and public peace...
Rep. Kitara Vaiau
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA —  Rep. Kitara Vaiau is calling for the American Samoa Immigration Office to put in place a program called ‘suspense file’ to prevent the number of overstayers in the territory from growing every year. The Saole faipule who worked for the American Samoa Immigration Office...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Among the comments made by some senators, as well as an ASG official, during a recent Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on immigration is that it’s “our own” people — the American Samoans who are sponsors — that have caused the influx of foreigners (especially from...
Attorney General Talauega Eleasalo Ale
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The question of whether federal immigration should take control of local borders has resurfaced again, and this time it was during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing yesterday, where there were concerns raised by senators over the high influx of foreigners — many from...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The pretrial conference for a man who appeared in District Court last Thursday morning was continued. The court has been informed that Siliga Tulituli is an overstayer who has been in custody at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) in Tafuna for 167 days — since...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The US Department of Labor (USDOL) has issued a ruling in the matter between Filipino overstayer Joselyn M. Intila and her former sponsor/employer Rep. Vui Florence Saulo, owner of FSA Land Development which operates Siniva & Armelia's Sewing Shop where Intila was...

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