In the United States, it has been recognized that people have rights that extend beyond national borders

Universal entitlements of all persons regardless of nationality, status, or circumstance, grounded in international law. Includes civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights. Promoted and monitored through treaty bodies, courts, and advocacy organizations operating at national and international levels.

United States immigration policy and enforcement, and the people it reaches: visa and asylum rules, deportation, border operations and the status of those already living in the country. Legislated rarely and governed largely by executive action and litigation rather than statute.

Individual freedoms that constrain what the state may do, including speech, assembly, religion, privacy and protection from arbitrary search or detention. Distinct from civil rights, which concern equal treatment, these limit government power rather than extend entitlement, and are usually enforced through the courts.