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To: LurkedLongEnough
Whether he was legally in the United States or not doesn't affect his right to sue, Russell said. "This is America. The rights of humans are the rights of everyone."

Wrong! Non-citizens, and non-resident aliens should have no right to sue, and our Courts should have no lawful jurisdiction to hear cases to which they are a party!

Under Federal law, 28 USC § 1332, Federal District Courts are limited to having jurisdiction only for resident aliens, though Congress has allowed non-resident aliens the ability to "Remove" their case from State to Federal courts,

(a) ...For purposes of removal under this chapter, the citizenship of defendants sued under fictitious names shall be disregarded.

And to make matters worse, our Courts may be clogged with any specious claim of an "infringed" right:

(b) Any civil action of which the district courts have original jurisdiction founded on a claim or right arising under the Constitution, treaties or laws of the United States shall be removable without regard to the citizenship or residence of the parties. Any other such action shall be removable only if none of the parties in interest properly joined and served as defendants is a citizen of the State in which such action is brought.

Our Congress has allowed non-citizens greater rights than citizens for almost a century now. Why do we continue to allow our Congress to utterly deconstruct our nation, and bow down before the hordes of illegal invaders at our gates?

Wake up, America. Your country needs you now more than ever!

15 posted on 08/01/2006 7:35:31 AM PDT by detsaoT (Proudly not "dumb as a journalist.")
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To: detsaoT

My sensible interpretation, which of course will be different from what the government's is, is with the clear wording with "citizenship."

Of course a resident alien should have full rights short of voting, so saying one doesn't have to be a citizen makes sense. I don't think it should at all apply to illegals.


38 posted on 08/01/2006 8:04:58 AM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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