stranded resdients
Salt Lake City, UTAH — At least 600 citizens of American Samoa are stranded in the United States, including 50 families in Utah, after their government shut down the border in March to protect its people from the coronavirus.
With no word from the government, they worry they won’t see their...

![Since going on lockdown, American Samoa has zero recorded cases of COVID-19, but it comes at a cost. A member of the Samoa News family, Aioevaga Tuna has been stranded in Utah since American Samoa closed its borders in March. Tuna spoke recently with Fox 13 news in Salt Lake City about what she and other American Samoa residents are experiencing while trying to return home. [screenshot from FOX 13 video] Aioevaga Tuna](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/evaga_2.jpg?itok=qGrml145)