[EternalVigilance]

Either we protect our civil liberties for everyone, even the most despised in society, or they can’t be protected for anyone.

So, the instant an illegal foreign national invader steps over our border, he's invested with all the protections of the U.S. Constitution, eh? Is this what they call a "path to citizenship"?

[Toddsterpatriot]

So, the instant an illegal foreign national invader steps over our border

Did they know he was an illegal when they arrested let him escape?

[Bob J]

It astounds me every day how little conservatives on FR know about their own Constitution.

And of course, yes anyone who is in the US has the same Constitutional rights (which are different than citizenry rights). You see, that's what our FF meant when they said they were "inalienable". That means no one can take them away from you (for those of you in Rio Linda)...because they are bestowed on you by God, not man. If man bestowed them, man can take them away.