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The Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans has ruled that illegal immigrants do not have the right to bear arms under the Second Amendment.
This ruling is a significant victory for the rule of law and American sovereignty, as it underscores the importance of upholding the rights and protections reserved for U.S. citizens.
The case involved Jose Paz Medina-Cantu, a Mexican national who was arrested in Texas by Border Patrol agents in 2022. Medina-Cantu, who had illegally re-entered the United States after being deported, was found in possession of a handgun.
After pleading guilty to the charges of illegal possession of a firearm and unlawful re-entry, Medina-Cantu shamelessly attempted to challenge the legality of his conviction, arguing that the ban on his firearm possession violated his Second Amendment rights, Fox News reported.
However, the three-judge panel delivered a decisive response, affirming that the Second Amendment’s protections do not extend to individuals who are in the country illegally.
U.S. Circuit Judge James Ho, a respected conservative voice appointed by President Trump, wrote a concurring opinion that highlighted the clear distinction between the rights of American citizens and those who have violated our immigration laws.
Judge Ho wrote:
The Second Amendment protects the right of “the people” to keep and bear arms. Our court has held that the term “the people” under the Second Amendment does not include illegal aliens.
Illegal aliens don’t qualify under the definition of “the people” set forth in Verdugo-Urquidez and Heller—not as a matter of common sense or Court precedent. As to common sense, an illegal alien does not become “part of a national community” by unlawfully entering it, any more than a thief becomes an owner of property by stealing it.
And as to precedent, the Court has repeatedly explained that “an alien . . . does not become one of the people to whom these things are secured by our Constitution by an attempt to enter forbidden by law.”
Moreover, the Court has provided further reason why it reaches this conclusion. For an illegal alien “[t]o appeal to the Constitution is to concede that this is a land governed by that supreme law.” And “the power to exclude [aliens from the United States] has been determined to exist” under our Constitution. So, the Court concluded, “those who are excluded cannot assert the rights in general obtaining in a land to which they do not belong as citizens or otherwise.”
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https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/09/federal-appeals-court-rules-illegal-immigrants-have-no/
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Illegals have zero rights. They don’t even have the rights that legal visitors have.
We needed a court to say this? That illegals who should have their feet broken each time they attempt to steal their way into our country are also not granted the rights of Americans? How weird.
does that also mean they have no protection under the law? if it's free reign on illegals they won't have to deport them, they will flee in terror.
Exactly- GTFO, no free shit- the US will hold ILLEGALS to the legal standards of their home country No free shit + LAWS enforced = mass self deportation
Now do driving licenses and receiving federal aid.
It's used to be grounds for deportation if a legal immigrant received any form of welfare.
From the article,
Judge Ho wrote:
"The Second Amendment protects the right of “the people” to keep and bear arms. Our court has held that the term “the people” under the Second Amendment does not include illegal aliens."
They were born with the same rights the rest of us were born with. The 2nd Amendment doesn't give us the right to bear arms, either.
The difference is that the U.S. Constitution is a protection for the preexisting rights of Americans, and not those here illegally. Federal Government has been granted certain limited powers to protect our borders, and Americans from foreign criminals illegally crossing our borders.
True. The 2nd keeps the govt from stopping us from keeping and bearing arms. It affirms rights we were born with. In the U.S. the illegal has no such protection from our govt.
Exactly my thoughts
Simple question
Are they American citizens?
I have no rights under the Mexican Constitution; and act accordingly
They do have the right actually. God Given. They do not have the right of our Government to protect it under our Bill of Rights on U.S. Soil. Get the argument correct.
So he was picked up while he illegal gained entrance to our country, which means he was violating the law. Is there a law in that state where being in possession of a firearm while violating the law, he should receive extra time upon conviction?
Oh i can think of a few...school zones, parks, the color of your victim, parole status, prior felony... But what really matters is what is enforced
Except in sanctuary cities.
Which means there are no other rights for them, hit the road jack.
It’s not the world’s constitution. Some Canadian man, in a Canadian court, claimed his first amendment rights. The Canadian judge in Canada had to explain that the US constitution didn’t apply, because it’s not the world’s constitution.
Great! Illegal aliens need to GTFO of this country. They need to know that they are neither wanted, nor are they welcome here.
They have zero rights of a citizen except the right to GTFO.