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This is incorrect. There is specific distinction between citizens and persons. Habeas Corpus applies to persons. But there is no right that applies to every p
by hyperliner 1y ago
This is incorrect.
There is specific distinction between citizens and persons.
Habeas Corpus applies to persons. But there is no right that applies to every person in the world that would give them a right to get a student visa to a US university.
- bradchris 1y agoYou're misconstruing what I said— nowhere in the constitution is a student visa a “right” to a citizen or not. But subjecting a non-citizen to a potentially unreasonable search while exempting regular citizens is likely against the 4th and 5th amendments (due process + unreasonable searches). Of course, “unreasonable” depends on the court’s interpretation. Some Supreme Court decisions— Bridges v. Wixon, 326 U.S. 135 (1945) > freedom of speech and of press is accorded aliens residing in this country. Plyler v. Doe, 457 U.S. 202 (1982) > constitutional protections extend to “all persons” within the U.S, including undocumented immigrants.
- bakuninsbart 1y agoOne of the things every democratic constitution henceforth, and supported by the US, did differently. Maybe a constitutional change to afford basic rights to aliens is in order.