WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Friday that people from the South Pacific islands of American Samoa do not have a right to U.S. citizenship simply because they were born in the U.S. territory.
The ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit preserves federal laws that make those born in American Samoa U.S. nationals, but not citizens like people born in Puerto Rico and other territories.
Writing for a three-judge panel, Judge Janice Rogers Brown said the Constitution’s 14th Amendment does not automatically extend birthright citizenship to the nation’s unincorporated political territories.
Read more: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/american-samoans-dont-right-u-s-citizenship-court-rules/
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