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Green card holders have the right to remain silent and request legal representation if detained.
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 July 2025
Under state and federal law, though, a defendant can’t be compelled to speak and has the right to remain silent.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 24 July 2025
According to the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, every person in the United States has the right to remain silent regardless of immigration status, according to Amagda Pérez, attorney and co-director of the UC Davis Immigration Law Clinic.
—Calista Oetama, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2025
Attorneys said his constitutional rights were potentially violated, including the right to free speech, the right to remain silent, the right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure, and the right to due process under the First, Fourth and Fifth amendments.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 3 July 2025
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 July 2025
Under state and federal law, though, a defendant can’t be compelled to speak and has the right to remain silent.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 24 July 2025
According to the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, every person in the United States has the right to remain silent regardless of immigration status, according to Amagda Pérez, attorney and co-director of the UC Davis Immigration Law Clinic.
—Calista Oetama, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2025
Attorneys said his constitutional rights were potentially violated, including the right to free speech, the right to remain silent, the right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure, and the right to due process under the First, Fourth and Fifth amendments.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 3 July 2025
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“Right to remain silent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/right%20to%20remain%20silent. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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