The US Supreme Court has declined to take up a case asking whether those born in American Samoa are entitled to birthright citizenship under the Constitution’s 14th Amendment
The Supreme Court declined Monday to take up a case asking whether those born in American Samoa are entitled to birthright citizenship under the Constitution’s 14th Amendment.
” They were asking the Supreme Court to overturn federal immigration law that strips them of all the benefits of US citizenship. “Those born in American Samoa,” they argue in court papers, “are labeled second-class by the government. They are precluded from running for office at the federal and state levels, they are barred from serving on juries and they are denied the right to vote.
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