I wonder if I could persuade you to change that. Not the illegal part, but the immigrant part. They're not immigrants. They're aliens. The difference is important. An alien is defined as:
1 a: belonging or relating to another person, place, or thing : strange b: relating, belonging, or owing allegiance to another country or government : foreign c: exotic 1 2: differing in nature or character typically to the point of incompatibility
We're not dealing with immigrants - who by nature of the word desire to become part of the culture they're moving into - we're dealing with aliens - who have no desire to become part of the culture, but who do desire to over run the culture that's present, and remake it for themselves.
“I wonder if I could persuade you to change that... They’re not immigrants. They’re aliens.”
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So it shall be done.
I charge you with the task of posting your well thought out statement each and every day of the year.
You are so correct that I am personally ashamed that I have never put my thoughts into YOUR words. These people are NOT immigrants.
I grew up in a world of immigrants...people who turned their backs on a world that had condemned them to a miserable life, full of want, fear, and persecution. They came to America to become AMERICANS, and they did just that. Their children were to be educated in ENGLISH, steeped in the glories of AMERICAN history and in the end became AMERICANS.
Cultural mores, foods, religious festivals and even some good memories were cherished and incorporated into life in AMERICA, but the people were AMERICANS, firs and only.
I remember people who spoke with accents thick enough to cut, but people who when they spoke of America, spoke of “MY COUNTRY”.
This is what is lacking today.