No, what mattered was that it was outside the territorial jurisdiction of the United States, and therefore of its Constitution. The protections of the Constitution apply to territory, and persons in that territory, not U.S. citizens, or foreign nationals, outside that territory, where the laws of nations, or of other nations, govern. However, U.S. territory is considered to include U.S. flag vessels at sea and the grounds of U.S. diplomatic missions abroad, and may include for some purposes U.S. military installations abroad, depending on the applicable status of forces treaty or agreement.
Robert J. Spitzer wrote:
Dear readers, on the illegal alien matter, it is true that I treated "illegal alien" and "non-resident alien" as synonyms, and I regret the error. But either way, the man was not a US citizen, and that is what mattered in terms of the extent to which the 4th A. did or did not apply to him. Thanks,
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