The 14th Amendment explicitly grants Equal Protection of privileges to ALL CITIZENS. The 14th defines citizenship precisely so it can specify who is covered by Equal Protection.
Non-Citizens are not covered by Equal Protection.
Progressives see hidden penumbra in the 14th. Just as the old Constitution didn’t give equal protection to women or slaves, likewise it doesn’t give it to non-citizens. But Progressives know that such thinking is regressive. Progressives must include all identity groups covered by the 14th.
Thus, felons must receive Equal Protection of the law with voter registration.... Of course, voting is a privilege there is no such thing as voting rights.
But confusing privileges and rights is common to both progressives and conservatives, despite the authors being very careful in self-consciously choosing which word to use where.
Rights come from God. Privileges come from government when government exercises its Power to create privileges.
Gooberment cannot create rights but they sure are good at suppressing them.
They not only lack any right, bringing in refugees from Syria is a 100% discretionary decision by Obama / Hillary. It has no basis except only in their decision to do it.
The idea that we suddenly HAVE TO bring millions of Muslims here is absurd.