A firing squad is literally the opposite of due process.
Your original claim was: “Illegal invaders are not entitled to due process or any amendments.”
That’s false in the U.S.
Due process = the government must follow legal steps before taking someone’s liberty (detaining/deporting): notice + a chance to respond + a lawful decision.
The Supreme Court has said the Due Process Clause applies to “all persons” in the U.S., including aliens whether their presence is lawful or unlawful.
So yes:
- No, they don’t get citizen-only rights (like voting).
- Yes, they do have person rights like due process while they’re here.
If you still think “illegal = no rights,” show where the Constitution says “citizens only.” It doesn’t - it says “person.”
“ ‘[T]he people’ seems to have been a term of art employed in select parts of the Constitution… . [Its uses] sugges[t] that ‘the people’ protected by the Fourth Amendment, and by the First and Second Amendments, and to whom rights and powers are reserved in the Ninth and Tenth Amendments, refers to a class of persons who are part of a national community or who have otherwise developed sufficient connection with this country to be considered part of that community.”
Bit of the text from majority opinion in DC vs Heller. It's a good read, especially the free state definition in relation to 2A and militias. Lefties Learing about these rights
This post was edited by RedFromWinter on Jan 26 2026 09:37pm