about join jane and jon in "happening now". so stay tuned for that. bill: they are not u.s. citizens or illegal residents but if the children are born here, they are all the legal right us and i do, including the right to collect welfare and vote in american elections. they're called birth tourists and their children become instant citizens as opposed to the usual immigrants who have to wait in line. we found this from our brain room, people becoming citizens in 2008 spent an average of nine years waiting as legal residents before they became citizens and the number of u.s. births to non-resident mothers rose 53 percent between the years 2000-2006. california congressman gary miller is among those calling for a closing to the hoop hole that allows citizenship by birth alone. good morning, sir, welcome to the program. i just wanted -- i think we got this out of your office, from the birthright citizenship act, it says urnt current law, a child