[Radix]

“ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL.”

This does not provide Constitutional guarantees to foreigners or even sojourners in our domain.

Stand your ground.

[hanamizu]

“ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL.”This does not provide Constitutional guarantees to foreigners or even sojourners in our domain.

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No, it does not. But the quote is from the Declaration of Independence, not the Constitution. Most Constitutional guarantees do, in fact, apply to foreigners or sojourners in our domain. Nearly all references to rights are made to ‘people’ not citizens.

My daughter-in-law is a Japanese citizen here with a Green Card. Except for the right to vote and the right to serve on juries, she has virtually all of the rights that I have. Even José, who just scampered across our porous border last night can’t be sent back to Mexico without some sort of hearing (due process) before a judge.

Not liking this fact or agreeing with the Constitutional reasons behind it, does not make it go away. One thing the 14th Amendment did is overturn the Dred Scott ruling that said blacks had no standing in court. Virtually everyone who can get a lawyer can bring legal action—even illegals.

While many who were sent to Martha’s Vineyard were not actually from Mexico, it is interesting to contrast Mexico’s laws regarding foreigners’ rights to ours. If you or I as an American take any kind of part in a political demonstration, we can be jailed or deported in Mexico. Here, illegals can openly march demanding that we change our laws.