On another thread, someone related how Elton John had participated in a political rally for Al Gore, he helped raise funds, and made comments about the upcoming election. I also throughly enjoyed many political editorials by Andrew Sullivan published on US papers before, during, and after the elections. Foreign nationals may not contribute funds to a political campaign (not that it ever stopped Algore) but that pretty much is the extent of the limitations on freedom of speech. One last thing, the Cuban radio stations in Miami worked their butts off to get Dubya elected, the most prominent radio pundit in Miami of Cuban descent isn't a citizen.
"...and the right to vote."
Correct, non-citizens cannot vote.
I was going to go and on about your comments on about your trip to China, and your comments about how we do not restrict the freedom of people to move about freely in our country, and China doesn't.
That should be very obvious why, you see, we believe that all men are created equal, that their rights are granted by God, not by a government, or even citizens, they are a totalitarian State.
To believe otherwise is to say that either the Founders where wrong when they said that rights come from God, or that they lied when they said that all men are created equal.
That may be true, but I tell you he was playing a dangerous game. The INS could have yanked his green card, and he could have faced deportation. I am writing this from personal experience. You will not believe what my friends had to go through over a podunk mayoral campaign. And you will not believe the extent we had to go to help them stay here.
All your friend from Cuba needed was to have someone file a formal complaint, and he would have been in big trouble. Of course the Clinton Administration probably wouldn't have touched it because it would have been a hot potato after the Elian fiasco.
All of our circle screamed like eagles and used all the same arguments you are using; and we found, to our dismay, that alien residents do not enjoy the right to freedom of political speech if someone complains. This was confirmed by numerous attorneys and played out in a very expensive battle that my friends nearly lost. I'm not going to explain to you on the forum how they won the right to stay, but it was not through the courst or the INS.