Ask the Declaration → Your rights, by who you are
The Constitution draws a careful line: some protections say 'the people' or 'citizens,' but the great due-process guarantees say 'any person,' and the Supreme Court has enforced them for non-citizens on US soil.
Descriptive, not legal advice · the founding documents' own words
No state shall deny to any person the equal protection of the laws or deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process. 'Any person' has been read to include non-citizens present in the country.
The federal counterpart: no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.
Protection against unreasonable searches and seizures, which applies to persons within the United States.
Naturalization is a federal power: Congress sets a uniform rule for how immigrants become citizens.