dunno. how beefy do you want to get?
Posted on: January 28, 2017 at 21:13:43 CT
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Read these:
Zadvydas v. Davis (2001)
Almeida-Sanchez v. United States (1973)
Yick Wo v. Hopkins (1886)
Wong Win v. United States (1896)
With the exception of voting and holding office, non-citizens enjoy pretty much the same protections against our government because they are "persons".
Otherwise we could just do whatever we wanted with them. Execution without trial, for example. Enslavement. The possibilities are endless.