in the caribbean, people in porto rico and virgin islands and in pacific, residents of gaum and mariana islands in have u.s. citizenship. people born on american samoa do not. none have the right to vote for president, but have non-voting delegates that speak for them in congress. >> these citizens na contributed and sacrificed so much cannot vote for the commander in chief. >> this is a serious number of americans we are talking about. >> reporter: civil rights reporter was raised on gaum and started the we the people project to win equal rights and representations for american citizens, no matter where they live. >> they have to follow federal laws like everyone else and based on the democratic and constitutional principles they deserve the right to vote for president and voting members of congress like everyone else. >> reporter: one law they do not have to abide by is paying federal income taxes. but they receive federal benefits, such as social security medicaid and medicare. >> i think most territories would happily pay the same amount of federal income taxes if they are treated t