Foley v. Connelie

In finding it constitutionally permissible to exclude aliens from service on state police forces, the Court sought to further define which kinds of government positions and offices necessitated citizenship. The Court further defined the limitations of such exclusion by stipulating that states must evidence a link between their interests and the requirement of citizenship for specific state positions. Thus, privileges accorded to immigrants under the U.S. Constitution were further defined as to not only distinguish the limitations of alien status, but also the nature of what it meant to possess citizenship in the United States.