Are non U.S. persons subject to the laws of the United States?

Question

Amendment XIV:

"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."

what i really want to know is: can they put someone to death, who is not at war nor with miltary nor comitted a violent crime? if they are not a U.S. citizen?





having asked that... The 14th amendment clearly states u are not a citizen if the United States of America until birth, this means that unborn children are NOT U.S. citizens, does the U.S. have jurisdiction over non U.S. citizens?

Answer 1

They put foreigners to death all the time. Sometimes without bothering to tell the consul of the foreign country -- and that's a violation of international law: the US Supreme Court said it's OK; the World Court (International Court of Justice) said it's a violation of treaties, against international law.

But the USA only supports international law when international law supports its secret plans and clever tricks.

Answer 2

To answer one of your questions – yes, all non-US citizens are absolutely subject to local, state and federal laws. The 14th Amendment is a guarantee that no one should be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of the law. Next, I will address your question about the death penalty. In the USA a person can only be put to death legally in two ways. One is, if the person commits a capital offense in a state that imposes the death penalty (i.e. Texas) then that person may be executed. The only other form of legal execution is under the U.S. Constitution for the act of treason. Realistically, even if a person was convicted of treason they would probably not receive the death penalty. And, even if a person was convicted of a capital offense in Texas it would probably take about 10-13 years to go through all the appeals processes before the actual execution could occur. I hope this helps.

Answer 3

If a person is in a US territory (be it a state or airspace, etc.) then they are subject to the laws of the US.

Can a non-US citizen be put to death for a crime committed in the US? For example, a foreign national kills and eats 20 people after kidnapping them and taking them across many state lines including Texas. Can this person be put to death? Yes.

Why wouldn't a foreign national be subject to the laws of the country they are in? If I go to France, I don't have a "get out of jail free" card that enables me to pillage and loot at will.

The amendment does NOT state that you are not a US citizen until birth. It says anyone born or naturalized here is a citizen. There is a difference.

Answer 4

If they're in the US when they commit a crime (and don't have diplomatic immunity), they're subject to the jurisdiction of the US courts.

The 14th ammendment establishes that citizens are under the jurisdictions of the US, but doesn't say anything about whether non citizens are. The US courts have ruled that they are.

Answer 5

yes, any person within the borders of our nation, either legal or illegally are subject to the laws of the US.

non citizens are given traffic tickets, arrested for robbery, murder and so on.

And non citiznes can be executed after due process, and a person not committing a crime can't be executed.

If an unborn is considered alive, then the unborn baby would have rights.
In the instance for example, a pregnant women is driving a car, a drunk driver hits her and kills the baby, he will be charged with manslaughter,
this giving the baby legal status as alive.

Answer 6

As for the first part yes even non US citizens are subject to our laws but face deportation after their sentence.
As for the death thing I do not know.
And for unborn babies, that is a major issue and one still being fought, so no simple answer there either.

Answer 7

Anyone visiting any other country, regardless of where or who, is subject to the laws, criminal justice procedure and sentecing of the host country. If you went on vacation to the States or India you would have to abide by their laws anmd face the penalty in their system if you didn't.

Answer 8

mum and dad on no account derive citizenship or different reward as a consequence of committing parenthood. toddlers derive rights from their mum and dad, on no account any wrong way around. For foreigners who've a new child at the same time as in some u . s . different than their u . s . of citizenship, the youngster constantly has a precise to citizenship in its mum and dad' u . s . of citizenship. the mum and dad get their new child a passport for his or her u . s . of citizenship and take their new child returned to their very own u . s . with them. US, and a few different places, enable a new child born interior its borders to declare citizenship interior the U. S. (etc). yet this provides NO rights of any type to the infant's mum and dad. they can't advance their visa, substitute visa categories, or something by having slightly one. the mum and dad nonetheless could circulate away until now their visa expires. To take their new child domicile with them, the youngster has a precise to the mum and dad' citizenship & mum and dad can take infant with them.

Answer 9

Yes, you are subject to the laws of the country, regardless of your citizenship. In the same way, Americans can be flogged/beheaded in Saudi if they break Islamic law.

Answer 10

We only put 1st degree murderers and traitors to death. If you are not an American you can only get a death sentence for 1st degree murder, either planned or in the commission of a felony.