I'll go first.

I cought this message on an immigration thread on FARK.COM (which btw, was 90% anit-illegal)...

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Cup_O_Jo: UM my I point out that...
IF YOU ARE ILLEGAL YOU HAVE NO CIVIL RIGHTS.
CIVIL RIGHTS ARE FOR CITIZENS..
God the irritates me to CAPS.

You have a Constitutional basis for this right?

Of course you don't. The Constitution was never written that way. Where it specifically refers to citizens (like the 14th Amendment) it uses the word 'citizen' and everywhere else it simply says 'person'.

This is in line with the political ideologies of the Founders because the Constitution is meant to limit what the government can do to abridge natural rights. The Declaration of Independence clearly shows that the Founders considered these rights to be universal to all of mankind.

The Supreme Court has backed this up (Bridges v. Wixon, 326 U.S. 135, 14.

However, that does not mean they're entitled to the same 'priviledges' as citizens, such as protections outlined in certain acts of Congress. Hoffman Plastic Compounds v. NLRB (535 U.S. 137) deals specifically with the National Labor Relations Act.

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What to make of this?

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