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WASHINGTON (AP) — Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander adults are more likely than the overall U.S. population to view legal immigration as an asset to the country’s economy and workforce, according to a new poll.
When it comes to the risks posed by illegal immigration, though,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Utah public radio station KUER is reporting due to a quirk in immigration paperwork, Ignacio Carlos Gomez, of West Valley City, UT is stranded in American Samoa after he traveled there in January for a construction job.
Now, officials won’t let him leave.
“He's stuck...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...