Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 06:04 AM 7/11/02 -0700, Bryan Caldwell wrote: > >Not true. The Bill of Rights, as well as all U.S. Constitutional rights >apply to ANYONE within the borders of the United States - citizen or not, >here legally or illegally. Bryan The Supreme Court has held that Constitutional privileges extend only to US citizes and aliens legally resident in the US under an immigrant or student or tourist visa. I believe that illegal immigrants have been exempted from many of these privileges -- such as the "right" to share in government money -- and only hold basic criminal Constitutional rights. I do know that illegal immigrants are barred from welfare and government-funded educational aid at the Federal level, though I think a couple of states have extended these to their illegals. Marc msmall@infi.net FAX: +276/343-7315 Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html