Posted on 09/05/2017 7:14:39 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
... Close your eyes for a second and imagine the term “alien”. What comes to mind? Probably something not human. Now throw the word “illegal” in front of it. What do you get? Who knows, maybe an alien in a prison jumpsuit. Can you see what I’m getting at?
Calling somebody an illegal alien should never be the wording that you use. Not because it’s not “politically correct” but because those two words completely dehumanize the situation that these people are in and the hardships they have endured.
We don’t call people who come to the U.S. via the legal channels “legal aliens” we call them Americans. They gave up their old lives in order to work for a better life in the United States. We honor that commitment by treating them like human beings and giving them rights. Shouldn’t that liberty apply to everyone?
At the end of the day, every single undocumented immigrant in this country is a person. Can we all agree that? Which means they can’t be illegal. No human being is illegal. And just like no human being can be illegal, no human being can be alien.
Calling immigrants illegal aliens makes it very easy to see them differently for yourself. It allows people to dehumanize them and make them seem like some kind threatening population. Immigration reform is one of the largest human rights challenges of our time. Without knowledge of them being undocumented, every single one of these immigrants is a member of our community just trying to make their lives better. Where I come from, we try and help members of our community not force them out.
Immigrants are people, undocumented or not. Let’s actually treat them as people, in words and in actions. It’s the human thing to do.
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Is he an illegal alien too?
Fine.
“Criminal immigrant”.
“At the end of the day, every single undocumented immigrant in this country is a person. “
So are rapists, murderers, child molesters, and blog writers who don’t understand what illegal aliens are, do, and what laws they are in violation of.
“Here, let you manipulate your mind and convince you that words means whatever I want them to mean ...”
Illegal alien is a precise and correct term. We will continue to use it.
Time to reiterate the phrase “dumb ass liberal.”
Illegal alien is the proper term.
All the other euphemisms are used to obscure the fact that these people broke into our country or overstayed a visitor visa.
They are citizens of other countries illegally in our country.
They are NOT undocumented, most have more documents than citizens, all fraudulent.
They are not immigrants, they did not apply to be immigrants.
Synopsis: “Let’s not use accurate language anymore because it’s so mean”
I think he brings up a point. Legal aliens should be called legal aliens
They've endured NOTHING...they've won the lottery.
Yes it does. It helps us understand some are US citizens and some are not.
Some are legal citizens and some are illegal citizens. There is a different.
The intent is to give them our votes; to dilute citizens votes to give power to the DemocRATS. This is why they obfuscate the legal term ILLEGAL ALIEN.
This is why we must not vote DemocRAT any more.
This kind of mush brained emotional tripe is why your state is going down the tubes.
It’s time to unpack the phrase “rule of law” and decide who gets to ignore which laws because shut up.
This is an attempt of the Left to use language to deconstruct existing immigration laws and American culture. If “illegal aliens” don’t exist then there are no borders or distinct American nation.
people who come to the U.S. via the legal channels “legal aliens” we call them Americans.
But no one does that.
We call immigrants "immigrants". These people use proper paperwork and immigrate to the US legally. They get green cards or whatnot and may eventually become US citizens, if they haven't, you know, broken the law or anything.
We call illegal aliens "illegal aliens" because they come from a different country and because they have come here illegally. They should never be US citizens.
“Trespassing.” So, how many supporters of “trespassers” leave their homes unsecured, cars unsecured, valuable unsecured? If not, why not. Folks are just trying to get ahead.
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