Civil rights extend from citizenship, there is no other argument. All citizens are equal under the eyes of the law and the law represents citizens. Extending civil rights to anyone else in the borders of some country defined by citizenship serves to protect citizens. You cannot protect the citizens from their own laws if they create two different legal systems, one for citizens and one for somebody else.
This is why the notion of "global citizenship" is nothing more than poetry and should remain that way until nations can rest comfortably, assured that they can protect themselves and their citizens.
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The United States of America is for citizens only! Everyone else OUT.
Criminalize asking party affilation for voter registration! End the "two party system"!
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