US Bill Targets Birthright Citizenship In CNMI, GuamMark Rabago RNZ Pacific CNMI correspondentA Republican congressman has introduced legislation that would end automatic United States citizenship for many people born in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), Guam, and other US territories from 2027, drawing strong opposition from a territorial rights advocacy group. The bill argues Congress has the authority to change citizenship laws applying to the territories. In a statement announcing the bill, Griffith said the recent US Supreme Court decision in Trump v Barbara "leaves the door open for Congressional action on citizenship in the American territories". "Just like Congress possesses the power to grant the territories Constitutional rights in statute, we have the power to take them away in statute," Griffith said. "The question of federal power over citizenship in US territories is not a partisan or ideological issue - it is one of fundamental rights in a democracy," Martinez Roman said.