Ummm.....guys? Read it again;
(from Graybeard's post)
AMENDMENT XIV
Section 1.
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. 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.
Ya gotta think like a lawyer.....notice the last two lines......"; nor shall any State deprive", and "; nor deny to any person"......it does not denote whether that person must be a citizen, illegal alien, or alien from another planet.
I will also concede the line of "No State shall make or enforce" as applying ONLY to citizens, and therefore opens up the creation of laws that apply ONLY to non-citizens, but then that is over-written by the last two sentences, which are separated by a semicolon, rather than a comma.
This is part of the document that our laws are based off of. Are you now attempting to claim that it's wrong and should be altered?
Be very careful what you wish for.....a Constitutional Convention can also go very badly.
Roger
Anyone else note that the 14th does NOT limit the federal government, but just the STATES. It's the fed's that are rounding them up, not the states. Also, has nobody considered that when they are caught at the border, they are ejected with no court involvement. Are you seriously claiming that if they are caught at the border they have no right of due process, but if they are caught 5, 10, 100 or 1000 miles inside the border that they suddenly gain due process rights?