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Friday, April 19, 2024 | Back issues
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Citizenship

DENVER — The 10th Circuit denied a petition for rehearing en banc filed by Samoans who say they should have birthright citizenship because they were born in American Samoa. The U.S. and the American Samoa government both argued that “unincorporated territories” are not “in the United States.”

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