re: Texas can’t deport illegals

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How can they claim that illegal aliens in this country have rights that fall under the protection of the constitution?

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14th Amendment - No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

The word person used in the 14th Amendment relative to due process and equal protection apply to citizens and non-citizens, alike. It is written as persons, specifically because of the relationship of federal immigration law to non-citizens.

In the case of Zadvydas v. Davids, 533 U.S. 678 (2001), the U.S. Supreme Court explained, “[T]he Due Process Clause applies to all 'persons' within the United States, including aliens, whether their presence here is lawful, unlawful, temporary, or permanent." So, this means that though they may be non-citizens, their due process rights (as it relates to immigration law) still apply to them.

Pick up a Constitution and learn it.