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Constitutional protections for non-citizens in U.S.

Non-citizens in the U.S. have varying levels of constitutional protections in different proceedings, with ongoing litigation and policy changes shaping their rights.

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Jan 9, 2026

What civil‑liberties lawsuits resulted from the post‑9/11 detentions and what remedies, if any, were achieved?

A constellation of civil‑liberties lawsuits followed the post‑9/11 detentions: ACLU and Center for Constitutional Rights suits to force disclosure and challenge mass immigrant roundups, habeas and due...