Federal judge dismisses American Samoans' birthright citizenship claim

[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] on Wednesday dismissed [opinion, PDF] a lawsuit filed by five residents of American Samoa who claimed that the Fourteenth Amendment [text] guarantees them US citizenship at birth. Although American Samoans are considered US nationals, American Samoa is the only US territory where birthright citizenship is not granted [AP report]. The plaintiffs argued that the Fourteenth Amendment's citizenship clause, which declares, "All persons born or naturalized...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/06/federal-judge-dismisses-american-samoans-birthright-citizenship-claim.php

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