Civil Rights For Aliens?

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Civil Rights For Aliens? 315

Posted by Cliff on Saturday March 31, 2001 @03:26PM from the maybe-someone-will-know-the-answer dept.

CoolBoys writes "Has anyone considered what would happen if first contact is made, and some alien (say, a Vulcan?) wants to stay on earth for a while. He has no acceptable passport, right? Does he even have any rights? What about rights for other sentient life forms (AI, perhaps?)"

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