article_snippet.sent: Emy Afalava is a loyal American and decorated veteran.  
article_snippet.sent: Emy Afalava was born in American Samoa, a U.S. territory since 1900.
article_snippet.sent: Emy Afalava has been subject to American law Emy Afalava whole life and thinks Emy Afalava should be a citizen.
article_snippet.sent: Yet, Emy Afalava has been denied the right to vote because the federal government insists that Emy Afalava is no citizen.  
article_snippet.sent: That injustice clouds the recent celebration of the 115th anniversary of the decision of American Samoa to join the United States.  
article_snippet.sent: It is a wrong that Emy Afalava and other American Samoans are now seeking to right in a federal lawsuit before the D.C. Circuit.
article_snippet.sent: Today, Emy Afalava and Emy Afalava fellow American Samoans are the last Americans still waiting to become citizens.
highlights_snippet.sent: Emy Afalava is a loyal American and decorated veteran; Emy Afalava's also an American Samoan .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: It is outrageous that Emy Afalava and others like Emy Afalava are denied citizenship .