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Question about the terms “U.S. National” and “U.S. Citizen”?

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Why are the people of American Samoa “U.S. Nationals” rather than “U.S. Citizens” like the people of Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands?

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  1. American Samoa is an "unincorporated territory" of the U.S.  Only certain parts of the U.S. Constitution apply.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Sa...

    For incorporated & unincorporated territories, see-

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territories...

    Citizens (beloning to incorporated territories) have FULL Constitutional rights.


  2. I think a national is a person born here and a citizen is not

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