[TSgt]

"nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." Are you denying that persons both legally and illegally in this country have basic human rights and certain legal protections against violence and theft? Are you denying that there are legal paths to citizenship and legal recourse available to persons both legally and illegally in this country? Are you denying that God cares just as much for persons both legally and illegally in this country? Sounds to me that you are pretty close to declaring illegal immigrants untermensch.

The constitutional argument is separate from whether or not the Catholic church is pro-illegal immigration and I've proven that it is. Now onto the constitutional argument, the 14th Amendment is a post-Civil war reconstruction amendment that provided citizenship to slaves. Later the SCOTUS affirmed that children of Chinese immigrants who were BORN here were in fact legal U.S. citizens. You are stretching the 14th amendment. By your definition an invading foreign army would be covered under the constitution as soon as their boots hit U.S. soil. Nice try...

[Natural Law]

"...and I've proven that it is."

You have proven nothing beyond your ignorance. Constitutionally all persons within the jurisdiction of the US have basic legal rights. It is not legal to rob, rape, imprison, or enslave anyone simply because they are illegally in the country. To declare any person within the jurisdiction of the us outside the legal protections of the law is simply asinine. I do see a pattern here; Protestants selectively interpret Scripture, the Catechism AND the Constitution as it meets the needs of how the "feel" about any given topic. That sounds pretty liberal to me.

BTW - The sites you posted were sites that ensure that these basic rights are recognized and enforced.