The Only U.S. Territory Without U.S. Birthright Citizenship People born in American Samoa, which has been held by the United States for more than 120 years, are not automatically citizens of the United States.
Gorsuch Calls for Overruling ‘Shameful’ Cases on U.S. Territories The justice urged his colleagues to revisit the Insular Cases, which denied full constitutional protection to unincorporated territories. A petition filed last week gives them a chance.