legal permanent residents
![[l-r] Gov. Lourdes Leon Guerrero of Guam, American Samoa’s Gov. Lemanu P.S. Mauga, and Gov. Arnold I. Palacios of CNMI](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/governors_in_d.c_0.jpg?itok=_8SlHBUb "This photo posted on the ASG Facebook page shows [l-r] Gov. Lourdes Leon Guerrero of Guam, American Samoa’s Gov. Lemanu P.S. Mauga, and Gov. Arnold I. Palacios of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, before the start a U.S. Senate committee hearing on insular areas. The governor of U.S Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico were also present for the hearing on the state of the U.S territories. [photo ASG]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu P. S. Mauga shared with a U.S. Senate committee last Thursday, American Samoa’s “dilemma” in which a percentage of local residents, who have made the territory their home for 20 years, don’t qualify for the federally funded Medicaid program.
“Our dilemma in...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata has requested assistance with Visa requirements on behalf of Samoan residents of American Samoa who became overstayers because of pandemic circumstances outside their control, or left on a repatriation flight without being able to secure their...