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Message in the passport of an American Samoan, stating that the passport holder is a "national", but not a citizen, of the United StatesAmerican Samoa is a territory of the United States with a population of about 44,000 people, [1] but the people of American Samoa do not have birthright citizenship in the United States (unless at least one of their parents was a U.S. citizen at the time of ...
Samoan nationality law is regulated by the 1962 Constitution of Samoa, as amended; the Citizenship Act 2004, and its revisions; the Citizenship Investment Act 2015; and international agreements entered into by the Samoan government. [1] [2] [3] These laws determine who is, or is eligible to be, a national of Samoa.
Tuaua v. United States is a court case, originally filed in 2012, [1] in which a group of American Samoans sued the State Department and the Obama administration.They sued to force the government to recognize American Samoans' birthright citizenship, arguing that the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees that anyone born in the United States is automatically granted ...
In 1972, the number of American Samoans living in the United States exceeded the Samoan population in American Samoa, and California took the place of Tutuila as the main Samoan-populated region. [14] In 1980 over 22,000 Samoa-born lived in the U.S., mostly of Western Samoa (more than 13,200), while 9,300 were from American Samoa. [13]
Fitisemanu v. United States (Docket 21–1394) was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States was asked to consider if the Insular Cases should be overturned and whether people living in American territories such as American Samoa are guaranteed birthright citizenship under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Pages in category "Law of American Samoa" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. ... American Samoan citizenship and nationality; C.
In 1956, Governor Richard Barrett Lowe initiated the development of an American Samoa Constitution by appointing a Constitutional Committee. [1]The original Constitution was adopted by a constitutional convention and was signed by the 68 members of the convention and United States Secretary of the Interior Fred Andrew Seaton on 27 April 1960 and became effective 17 October 1960.
Due to the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, many American Samoans migrated to the rest of the United States. Many of them settled in Hawaii. [1] Samoans from the independent part of Samoa also migrated to Hawaii later on.