V.I. Delegate Calls Attention to Recent Ruling on Insular Citizenship

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V.I. Delegate Calls Attention to Recent Ruling on Insular Citizenship

Stacey Plaskett is calling her colleagues' attention to a recent ruling by a federal appeals court in a case involving the citizenship status of people originating from a U.S. Insular area – in this case American Samoa – and now living in the continental United States.

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