I'm not good at interpreting the Constitution. I'm just describing what is happening in practice. It could be that all persons, citizens or not, have the right to a speedy trial (6th Amendement), but...
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I'm not good at interpreting the Constitution. I'm just describing what is happening in practice. It could be that all persons, citizens or not, have the right to a speedy trial (6th Amendement), but...
The US makes a legal distinction between "human rights" and "Constitutional rights." The protection against search and seizure is a Constitutional right, so it only applies on U.S. soil and only to...
I might be paraphrasing somebody, but you really only have those rights you are willing to kill for. Otherwise they will walk all over you.
While you are standing in Customs you are not technically within the United States, and as a non-citizen you don't have any "rights" anyway -- convenient huh?