Ray, The courts, up to and including the Supreme Court, have stated quite plainly that non-Americans in the country legally do have many of the same rights, including the right of legal representation, and the right not be subject to illegal search and seizures etc. Overall the rights of non-Americans residing in the US are limited somewhat, for instance, resident aliens have a set of rights that are somewhat closer to what naturalized citizens have. It should be stated that naturalized citizens do not have all the rights of a native born American, such as the right to become president.
In other words, yes, those legally in the US have most of the rights of an American citizen. The Constitution does apply to everyone in the country. Even terrorists. regards, larry -- Larry C. Lyons ColdFusion/Web Developer EBStor.com 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 tel: (703) 393-7930 fax: (703) 393-2659 Web: http://www.ebstor.com http://www.pacel.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. -- > -----Original Message----- > From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 1:52 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: 100 percent chance of another attack > > > > > > lee, > > > > Let me guess, you're guilty until proven innocent. A question > > lee, have you ever heard of the Constitution? How about the > > Bill of Rights? I think it would be a good idea to study > > I'm not saying I agree with Lee, but technically, would the > Constitution > apply to foreigners, even those w/ visas? > > Again, I'm asking from a technical/legal standpoint. > > -RC > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
