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Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata has introduced a bill in the 117th Congress that would enable any U.S. National who wishes to do so to convert to U.S. citizenship through a simplified procedure with the office of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). The House bill,...
Washington, D.C. — Despite postponement, Congresswoman Aumua Amata confirms that the House Natural Resources Committee has reaffirmed their commitment to hold a hearing to examine the need for a streamlined citizenship choice for those individual U.S. nationals in American Samoa that want...
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A Republican Hawaii state House candidate born in American Samoa has learned she's ineligible to run for office because she's not a U.S. citizen.
Sai Timoteo said she didn't realize she wasn't allowed to vote or hold office.
She's running for the Leeward Oahu seat vacated...
![Screenshot of the 2020 Census Questionnaire for the United States shows the citizenship question, with options to choose from but nothing for US Nationals — persons born in American Samoa. [photo: FS]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/citizen%20question.jpg?itok=AVDeBXTq "Screenshot of the 2020 Census Questionnaire for the United States shows the citizenship question, with options to choose from but nothing for US Nationals — persons born in American Samoa. [photo: FS]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The US Census Bureau’s planned 2020 Census Questionnaire for the United States, which includes a question regarding citizenship status, leaves out US Nationals, which is the status given to persons born in American Samoa; and some US news outlets say this is a “flaw”.
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