Many of the policy changes that were made in response to the September 11th attacks affected non-citizens far more adversely than they did citizens. In this Note, Cohen examines post-September 11th law as it pertains to non-citizens, and comments on what these laws—and their reception in the legal world—say about the constitutional principle of equal protection. He argues that the post-9/11-non-citizen experience casts a negative light on equal protection norms, showing that the notion of equality might not be as important an ideal as it is often claimed to be.