Does the U.S. Constitution Apply to Non Citizens?

[BrainGlutton]

@DrDeth

*It depends. * For example, they still have most of the Rights under the BoR. However, non-Citizens can be evicted out back to their native lands without any sort of jury trial, etc.

So, a Non-Citizen still can’t be put in prison for using their 1st Ad rights. But for no real good reason, they can be extradited out.

Generally speaking, U.S. citizens have only two broad categories of rights/privileges noncitizens have not:

1. Right of residence on U.S. soil. If you’re a citizen convicted of a felony the state can imprison or even execute you, but it can’t deport you. Exile is a punishment unknown to American law.

2. Political participation – voting and holding public office. Not quite so cut-and-dried – even foreigners have their free-speech rights and can volunteer for election campaigns; and not all citizens can vote or hold office (you might be barred by a past conviction for crime).