1. Immigration and Constitutional Rights By Theresa Sidebotham

3. Introduction Freedom draws people to America; economic freedom, religious freedom, and civil freedom. But which constitutional freedoms apply to immigrants and when do they apply?

4. This research project looks for resources on rights people have before they enter U.S. soil, rights they have as aliens with or without documentation, rights Lawful Permanent Residents may have, and whether those differ from the full rights of citizenship.

5. Current concerns are whether and to what extent terrorism and security issues affect the civil rights of aliens. Although regulating aliens has generally fallen to the legislative and executive branches, these recent concerns, particularly as related to hostile aliens, have stimulated response from the judiciary.

6. Search Terms

7. Search Terms for databases without much information Search Terms for databases without much information Immigrant Immigrant Immigration Immigration Alien Alien Search Terms for databases with broad information Immigrant Immigration Alien Constitution /p right Civil rights Due process

8. Databases

9. Databases HOMELAND-ALL HOMELAND-ALL Homeland Security and Anti-Terrorism--Texts and Periodicals and Primary Law Homeland Security and Anti-Terrorism--Texts and Periodicals and Primary Law LRI-D LRI-D Legal Resource Index Legal Resource Index WEST-FDADM WEST-FDADM West Federal Administrative Practice West Federal Administrative Practice TEXTS TEXTS Texts and Treatises Texts and Treatises

10. Databases LEGNEWSL LEGNEWSL Legal Newsletter Multibase Legal Newsletter Multibase IM-PRACLIB IM-PRACLIB Immigration Practice Library Immigration Practice Library FIM-INA FIM-INA Immigration and Nationality Act Immigration and Nationality Act FIM-BIAPRAC FIM-BIAPRAC Federal Immigration--Board of Immigration Appeals Practice Manual Federal Immigration--Board of Immigration Appeals Practice Manual

11. Websites

12. Websites U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services http://uscis.gov/graphics/index.htm http://uscis.gov/graphics/index.htm http://uscis.gov/graphics/index.htm U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Forms and Fees U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Forms and Fees U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Forms and Fees U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Forms and Fees http://uscis.gov/graphics/formsfee/forms/index.h tm#chart http://uscis.gov/graphics/formsfee/forms/index.h tm#chart http://uscis.gov/graphics/formsfee/forms/index.h tm#chart http://uscis.gov/graphics/formsfee/forms/index.h tm#chart Department of State Immigration Resources Department of State Immigration Resources Department of State Immigration Resources Department of State Immigration Resources www.state.gov www.state.gov

13. Websites Immigration Forum and American Immigration Lawyers on the Web Immigration Forum and American Immigration Lawyers on the Web Immigration Forum and American Immigration Lawyers on the Web Immigration Forum and American Immigration Lawyers on the Web http://www.immigration-usa.com/lawyers.html http://www.immigration-usa.com/lawyers.html http://www.immigration-usa.com/lawyers.html Federation for American Immigration Reform Federation for American Immigration Reform Federation for American Immigration Reform Federation for American Immigration Reform http://www.fairus.org/ http://www.fairus.org/ http://www.fairus.org/ Immigration Law Center on the Internet Immigration Law Center on the Internet Immigration Law Center on the Internet Immigration Law Center on the Internet http://www.visaus.com/ http://www.visaus.com/ http://www.visaus.com/

14. Website Federation for American Immigration Reform Federation for American Immigration Reform This is the most useful site for immigrants rights Yes, an alien, even an illegal alien, has criminal procedure rights. Yes, an alien, even an illegal alien, has criminal procedure rights.

15. Conclusion Aliens who have not entered U.S. soil, or who are here illegally, have basic international human rights, but dont generally have rights under the Constitution, except for criminal procedure. Particularly, they do not have a right to be here. Security concerns have affected aliens rights in some ways, and this issue will continue to be debated.

16. Conclusion Aliens rights progressively increase as they achieve lawful presence, and become Legal Permanent Residents, and finally, citizens. U.S. citizens rights are the same, no matter how the citizenship was derived.