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BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP

House of Representatives members at their desks
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A House Concurrent Resolution expressing support for the Federal Court of Appeals ruling in “respecting the right of the American Samoan people to retain our current statutory birthright status as U.S Nationals” was unanimously passed by faipule last week. The Senate...
10th Circuit court of Appeals court room
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Following a request from the US State Department, and on behalf of the American Samoa Government and Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata the US Tenth Circuit Court of Appeal’s have given a new time frame response to plaintiffs-appellees, who sought an “en banc” or full panel...
Dear Editor, Self-determination is a sacred principle in international law and it's enshrined in the United Nations Charter to which the U.S. subscribes. There are many arguments Charles Alailima has made, including those carried in yesterday's Samoa News, but I have never seen anywhere where he...
Amata and Gov. Lemanu
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A House of Representatives’ Concurrent Resolution which throws the support of the Legislature and the people of American Samoa behind the Federal Court of Appeals’ decision respecting the right of American Samoans to retain their current statutory birthright status as US...
U.S. Federal District Court of Appeals in Denver CO
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa Government and Congresswoman Uifa’atali Aumua Amata’s concerns over the impact and effect on the fa’a Samoa, or Samoan culture, with extending US citizenship to persons born in American Samoa was well accepted by the US Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals...
Neil Weare, President and Founder of Equally American
Denver, COLORADO — Writing for a divided panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, Judge Carlos Lucero ruled that the U.S. Constitution provides no guarantee of citizenship to people born in U.S. territories, reversing a 2019 district court decision holding that the Citizenship...
Congresswoman Uifaatali Amata
Washington, D.C. — Tuesday, Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata released the following statement regarding the appellate decision on the citizenship case: “Thank you first of all to the judges for their considered opinion that respected the people of American Samoa and the Samoan Way. Thank you to Mike...
10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver CA
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a majority ruling, the US Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday reversed a lower court’s decision, that “Persons born in American Samoa are citizens of the United States by virtue of the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.” However, a dissenting judge...
Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga,
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga, in a letter to other territorial governors is seeking their support for American Samoa’s stance on self-determination, which — according to opponents of the suit — is currently threatened by the US citizenship federal lawsuit,...
Courtroom, 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver, Colorado
Denver, COLORADO —  Whether people born in U.S. territories have a constitutional right to U.S. citizenship will depend on how the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit rules following argument yesterday in Fitisemanu v. United States, attorneys for John Fitisemanu stated in a press release...

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