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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A measure by the Lemanu and Talauega administration was introduced in the Fono last week prohibiting a member of the Immigration Board from acting as a sponsor and clarifies the terms of Board members. The new bill would amend the Section 41.0203 of the American Samoa...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A new bill Senate focuses in on Immigration with a measure that prohibits a member of the Immigration Board from acting as a sponsor of a foreigner and clarifies the terms of board members.
The bill also says that any person appointed to the board while they are the...

![Some faipule told Samoa News that board members serving as sponsors has been an ongoing problem with the Immigration Board for many years now. One faipule believes that this practice must stop and the bill from the Administration will address this problem. Pictured are faipule back in February when masking was mandated as the first repat flight arrived in the territory. [SN file photo] Faipule, some with masks](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/faipule_with_masks_0816_0.jpg?itok=x9cY3P_R)
