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by josephcsible·6y ago·view on hn ↗
> Tell that to people pursuing the American citizenship that were born in American territories like American Samoa or Puerto Rico, where, unlike US states, they get drafted, they cannot vote and they're not considered US citizens.

People born in Puerto Rico are US citizens. American Samoa is the exception to how most territories work.

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But they're not a state. And because they're not a state, they have no congress representation, and because they have no congress representation and they are not a state, they do not have electors in the electoral college.

So, yes... they are citizens, but they're in complete neglect and have no real representation.

If they want to vote, they have to move to a US state.