iclfan2;1855260 wrote:The constitution doesn't apply to people who don't live in the US... This isn't hard
The 14th Amendment reads as follows:
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
In Plyler v. Doe, the Supreme Court found that "any person" includes people who do not live in the United States particularly in that case illegal immigrants being educated in the United States.
Additionally, under an original intent analysis wherein we attempt to divine what the Founding Fathers would do under the circumstances (which seems to be the pop-conservative approach to jurisprudence), James Madison wrote that aliens were entitled Constitutional Protection and advantage in exchange for temporary obedience.
Moreover, the Supreme Court affirmed Plyler v. Doe in 2001 in Zabvydas v. Davis that 14th Amendment applies to all aliens whether they are lawful, unlawful or transitory.
In other words, the Constitution as intended, as currently written in plain language, and as interpreted since the adoption of the 14th amendment provides constitutional protection to non U.S. citizens and residents.
Your preferred point of view would require amending the 14th Amendment.
