Since I don’t think the Biden administration has racist instincts, I googled around. Here is the rest of the story. I will ask Dan about it when he chooses to wake up.
“The ruling notes that American Samoa government leaders and others opposed the lawsuit because they are concerned automatic citizenship could disrupt cultural traditions, such as communal land ownership and social structures organized around large, extended families led by matai, those with hereditary chieftain titles.
‘ ‘There is simply insufficient caselaw to conclude with certainty that citizenship will have no effect on the legal status of the fa’a Samoa,” or the American Samoan way of life, the ruling said. “The constitutional issues that would arise in the context of America Samoa’s unique culture and social structure would be unusual, if not entirely novel, and therefore unpredictable.’ ”
https://apnews.com/article/american-samoa-cultures-government-and-politics-ecb28f949187601ae97e65ae2d7ff7deI am not sure just why automatic citizenship would put their communal land system at risk. That is puzzling. Knowing most everything, is not the same as knowing absolutely everything.
Oh, here is more. Dan is 70% Samoan and I think knows about this, so I think I have a clue where he comes down on this. We can buy a pad on the islands, which would be cheaper than otherwise because of the reduced competition. Yeah!
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/why-some-american-samoans-don-t-want-u-s-citizenship-n1103256