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no one is less of a citizen than anyone else

This is not true - a citizen by birth can become the president, a naturalized citizen cannot.

that's true, so basically they deported somebody that one day could become President!

They deported someone with (supposedly) more rights than Elon Musk.

While true, I believe op was talking about with respect to the protections afforded by the law.

While true, one thing OP could be talking about is the spiritualism implied by that rule, and whether it finds catch in the American psychology.