Does the bill of rights apply to citizens only?


Sources please.
Best Answer:
The bill of rights operate mainly as a limitation on governments. Thus the fifth amendment provides that "no person" shall be compelled to be a witness against himself. The mingy "no person."
Citizens, Legal Residents, and people with NON-expired visas.
As there are no specific exemptions spelled out in any of them, they would apply to anyone under the jurisdiction of the US system.
The bill of rights in the US constitution, applies to citizens single, however many of the principles in the bill of rights pertain to any human being.
Legal citizens.