A Utah man sued the federal government, which for a century has treated Samoans like him as 'second-class citizens.'
A Utah man sued the federal government, which for a century has treated Samoans like him as ‘second-class citizens’| Updated: 3:01 p.m.
“I think we were optimistic for getting a better result, the result we were looking for,” Fitisemanu, who has lived in Woods Cross for two decades and isFor decades, American Samoa has been unique among U.S. territories. In separate agreements signed in 1900 and 1904, the leaders of the islands ceded authority to the United States and, at the time, believed that under the agreements its residents would be considered citizens.
“Part of the reason I had some questions about this situation is I felt like I was second-class, basically,” Fitisemanu said. The U.S. government resisted, arguing that it would take an act of Congress to grant citizenship. And, in a perhaps surprising twist, the Samoan government also opposed the lawsuit, arguing that there is no consensus among the people of the islands as to whether they want to be United States citizens.U.S. District Judge Clark Waddoups ruled in 2019 that U.S.
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