The Caribbean nation is an unincorporatedterritory of the United States.
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As an unincorporatedterritory, American Samoans cannot vote for president, but the local branches of parties can vote for presidential nominees.
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Harvey hit Texas with catastrophic effect in August 2017, while Maria a month later devastated Puerto Rico, an unincorporatedterritory of the US.
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People of other US unincorporatedterritories such as Puerto Rico, the Northern Marianas and Guam, already had US citizenship, but not American Samoans.