Ginger - Maybe they are thinking of some of these:
St. Croix, St. John, and St. Thomas, the United States Virgin Islands
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Guam
http://www.gud.uscourts.gov/
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Puerto Rico is still a non-incorporated territory of United States and is still ruled by Congress under the territorial clause. This was confirmed on December, 2005 on an official document presented to the President by a Task Force Committee named by President Clinton on 2000 and continued under President George W. Bush.
Puerto Rico is part of the US. There are no travel restrictions to other US areas and no customs duties or quotas on shipments between Puerto Rico and the US Mainland. Products manufactured in Puerto Rico are "Made in the USA". The people of Puerto Rico do not vote in national elections. They are represented in Congress by a Resident Commissioner who has a voice in the House of Representatives but no vote. Most federal taxes are not levied in Puerto Rico. No federal income tax is collected from island residents on ordinary income, except in cases of Federal employees.
BBWCHATT
The old lady in Chattanooa, Tennessee, USA