staff shortage
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing last week, deputy chief immigration officer, Fagamalama Fualaau informed senators that despite the staff shortage at the Immigration Office, with only one vehicle to carry out its work, immigration officers continue to do their...

![[l-r] Deputy chief immigration officer Fagamalama Fualaau, Attorney General Talauega Eleasalo V. Ale, and Immigration Board chairperson Fanene Edda Wyberski at the conclusion of a Senate committee hearing last week. [photo: FS] Deputy chief immigration officer Fagamalama Fualaau and Attorney General Talauega Eleasalo V. Ale](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/asg_witnesses_1889.jpg?itok=f8wn-k7y)