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> The Constitution distinguishes natural rights of all persons vs rights and privileges of "the people" being citizens and non-citizen legal residents.

AFAICT, the Federal courts have not generally adopted this view (though it is popular in some circles, particularly the US Department of Justice); ruling less specifically that the term “the people” instead “refers to a class of persons who are part of a national community or who have otherwise developed sufficient connection with this country to be considered part of that community.” United States v. Verdugo-Urquidez, 494 U.S. 259, 265 (1990).




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