That is my problem with the debate. While some people DO get up in arms about the U.S. government's activities, it is always phrased in such a way as, "You can't do this to American citizens!" What about non-citizens? What happened to "All [people] are created equal?"
> While some people DO get up in arms about the U.S. government's activities, it is always phrased in such a way as, "You can't do this to American citizens!" What about non-citizens?
Non-citizens, presumably, can set up their own governments to secure the blessings of liberty for themselves and their posterity -- but they aren't the people for whom the people of the United States ordained and established the Constitution of the United States to secure the blessings of liberty.
> What happened to "All [people] are created equal?"
All may be created equal, but the United States government wasn't created to serve all.
That's not to say there aren't limitations on the powers that the US government should apply against non-citizens, but from the very beginning citizens and non-citizens have been by design situated differently with respect to the US government.
