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I don't know if residents have a special status. But the DOJ appears to claim that Congress could pass a law establishing religion for foreigners, demand other countries extradite all their citizens, and sentence them in the US for not following this law.

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“Congress shall make no law” seems pretty comprehensive.

The problem is usually with the definition of 'people'. Slaves, for example, did not qualify for a long time. 'People' living outside the country are not generally considered to be covered (see the routine open assassination of people accused of 'terrorism').

If we’re following it word by word, “people” doesn’t come up in the first amendment until petition and assembly.

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