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Does any of this apply if you are not a US citizen? As a non-US citizen, if I come to the US on holiday, what rights do I have, if any? [edited to add] Answe
by anu_gupta 13y ago
Does any of this apply if you are not a US citizen?
As a non-US citizen, if I come to the US on holiday, what rights do I have, if any?
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Answering my own question, this PDF from the ACLU seems to have some answers:
http://www.aclu.org/files/kyr/kyr_english_4.pdf http://www.aclu.org/files/kyr/kyr_english_4.pdf
"Non-citizens who are in the United States—no matter what their immigration status—generally have the same constitutional rights as citizens when law enforcement officers stop, question, arrest, or search them or their homes. "
However
"Non-citizens at the border who are trying to enter the U.S. do not have all the same rights. "
- llamataboot 13y agoYou also have the right not to disclose your immigration status to ICE without speaking with a lawyer first, you have the right to have your consulate notified if you get arrested, and generally cops aren't allowed to just randomly ask people for their immigration status. Note: at the border none if this applies. It is pretty much a "rights free zone"
- smsm42 13y agoConstitution applies to everybody, except at US Customs, which is an official Constitution-free zone.