On Monday, June 23, 2014 2:35:39 PM UTC-4, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   > US nationals from American Samoa are free to live and work anywhere in   
   > the United States without immigrating. They travel internationally on   
   > US passports. They don't pay federal income taxes on their Samoan income.   
   > To become US citizens, they would be required to naturalize.   
   > Puerto Ricans are US citizens at birth.   
      
   Thanks for the explanation.  But I'm confused--why would a Samoan need to   
   apply for citizenship while a Puerto Rican is granted it at birth?   
      
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