Originally Posted by
SchmeckFlyer
Then there is the issue of US nationals versus US citizens; people born in certain overseas territories are not citizens but nationals (i.e. they cannot vote, but I am sure the US government is happy to collect taxes), but they can become citizens rather easily (apparently).
I guess the District of Columbia is a U.S. territory where the residents are U.S. nationals and not full citizens because the have no effective federal representation and have to pay taxes to boot.
I'd imagine the nationals only have to move to the U.S.A. proper to get full citizenship rights.