A criminal case in Alaska involving nearly a dozen people born in American Samoa is highlighting concerns about birthright ...

American Samoa’s colonial history emerges in state disputes over voting and citizenship Alaska isn’t the only state where confusion over voting by American Samoans has surfaced in recent years.

A criminal case in Alaska involving nearly a dozen people born in American Samoa is highlighting concerns about birthright citizenship and voting by people who are not U.S. citizens.

About 10 months later, troopers returned to Whittier and issued court summonses to Pese, eight other relatives and one man who was not related but came from the same American Samoa village as Pese.

A criminal case in Alaska involving nearly a dozen people born in American Samoa is highlighting concerns about birthright citizenship and voting by people who are not U.S. citizens, issues ...