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Are American Samoans American?
The New York Times ^
| 08 June 2016
| Christina Duffy Ponsa
Posted on 06/08/2016 6:44:00 AM PDT by Theoria
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posted on
06/08/2016 6:44:00 AM PDT
by
Theoria
To: Theoria
Antone “Tony Rocky Horror” Roccomore was half black and half Samoan. Rumor has it that Marcellus Wallace had him pushed out of a window.
To: Theoria
Don’t know about their legal status, but the Samoans around here are American. They love Jesus and football, and that’s pretty American to me.
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posted on
06/08/2016 6:49:38 AM PDT
by
married21
( As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
To: Theoria
What is the difference. Apparently anyone that can get close to the American border is not only allowed in, but is also showered with tens of thousands of U.S. Taxpayers dollars as a reward. Free housing, free food, free education, free medical care and even a chance to vote in elections since they don't require a photo ID.
Just come on in. Uncle Sucker is happy to fleece the working citizens of his country to finance the betterment of other countries citizens!
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posted on
06/08/2016 6:49:53 AM PDT
by
Jim from C-Town
(The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
To: Theoria
Shouldn’t be that hard to answer, at the time Samoa became a territory, were they offered citizenship and did they accept or reject the offer?
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posted on
06/08/2016 6:52:58 AM PDT
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
To: Theoria
something like 70% of all Samoans work for StarKist tuna, the one Nancy Pelosi protects against minimum wage laws.
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posted on
06/08/2016 6:53:40 AM PDT
by
gaijin
To: married21
The Samoans I met in CA were prone to violence and were taught to hate white people.
Many of them teach their children to goad white people and then attack in packs. I have been spit on by a 12 yr old Samoan while delivering pizza, and had my nose broken at 18 by a Samoan coworker.
No, they are not American.
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posted on
06/08/2016 6:55:41 AM PDT
by
T-Bone Texan
(Don't be a lone wolf. Form up small leaderlesss cells ASAP !)
To: T-Bone Texan
Your nose was broken, sorry to hear that, I hope you returned the favor.
To: Theoria
Is the Pope Catholic?
Wait! What?
Never mind. Scratch that one.
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posted on
06/08/2016 6:57:02 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(If an illegal-alien quarantine saves just one child's life, it will be worth it.)
To: T-Bone Texan
I dated a girl, sweet as pie, who related that when she was a child at a playground in Millbrae, CA a Samoan woman approached her, accused her of looking at her with "snake eyes", and punched her in the face apropos of nothing.
Many people have such stories.
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posted on
06/08/2016 6:58:09 AM PDT
by
T-Bone Texan
(Don't be a lone wolf. Form up small leaderlesss cells ASAP !)
To: Theoria
If I recall correctly, they are American nationals, but not citizens.
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posted on
06/08/2016 7:14:11 AM PDT
by
oblomov
To: T-Bone Texan
The “United States”? When did Samoa become a state? We have other territories that are NOT “states” but their people are considered “Americans”. Why?
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posted on
06/08/2016 7:20:46 AM PDT
by
DaveA37
To: Theoria
Interesting that the Times uses ‘and subject to the jurisdiction thereof’ with the Samoans but won't use it with other immigrants who actually are subject to the jurisdiction in their original countries. Illegal Mexicans for example.
To: Theoria
Samoa seems like a football player factory to me?
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posted on
06/08/2016 7:37:41 AM PDT
by
showme_the_Glory
((ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government))
To: DaveA37
i> We have other territories that are NOT states but their people are considered Americans. Why?
For the same reasons that people who were in Nevada and Utah before they became states were considered Americans. "Subject to the jurisdiction thereof" includes territories.
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posted on
06/08/2016 7:47:10 AM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
("There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit."-R.Reagan)
To: Dr. Sivana
“For the same reasons that people who were in Nevada and Utah before they became states were considered Americans. “Subject to the jurisdiction thereof” includes territories.”
Don’t quote out of context. It says ‘in the United States’ and ‘the state wherein they reside’.
Samoa is NOT a state in the United States.
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.
To: Theoria
Are they looking for wiggle room so they can hand them over to China?
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posted on
06/08/2016 7:59:53 AM PDT
by
marron
To: Theoria
Bottom line in all this grabbing more RAT votes.
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posted on
06/08/2016 8:01:50 AM PDT
by
bgill
(CDC site, "We still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
To: TexasGator
I’m not quoting out of context. The “and the state wherein they reside” simply is a nod to state sovereignty. When I moved to Georgia,I became a citizen of Georgia as well as the U.S.A. Those born in D.C. are certain U.S. citizens but the “state wherein they reside” is not applicable in their case.
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posted on
06/08/2016 8:07:39 AM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
("There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit."-R.Reagan)
To: Theoria
Some people are going to be upset...
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