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To: silverleaf
An illegal immigrant

Not a flame, just a gentle correction.

There's no such thing as an 'illegal immigrant.'

An immigrant is someone in this country who has gone through the immigration process to become a US citizen.

An illegal alien is someone who is in this country without going through the immigration process and are, therefore, an alien who is here illegally. Thus the term, illegal alien.

In addition to illegal aliens there are also resident aliens, a.k.a., green card holders.

The term, 'illegal immigrant', 'undocumented immigrant,' etc. were terms made up to muddy the waters about the immigration status of aliens living and working in this country illegally.

16 posted on 12/21/2015 2:31:26 PM PST by Ol' Dan Tucker (...and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many... Daniel 8:25)
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To: Ol' Dan Tucker

In my family, we’ve always called illegal aliens “mojados”-considered a pejorative term, but we use it anyway-and we are Hispanic/Latino...


19 posted on 12/21/2015 2:38:06 PM PST by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: Ol' Dan Tucker

The term you are looking for is “Illegal Invader”.

Immigrants are invited. Invaders are not.


26 posted on 12/21/2015 10:37:12 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (Obama, unable to call a Spade a Spade...)
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