[Wonder Warthog]

"We don’t call people who come to the U.S. via the legal channels “legal aliens”

Legal alien, legal immigrant. Two equivalent statements.

"....we call them Americans.

Not until they are sworn in as citizens, we don't.

"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."

Until they are sworn in as citizens, the "rights" we give them are limited by immigration law, and are limited.

"Shouldn’t that liberty apply to everyone?"

No.

[Political Junkie Too]

Next, they will complain that "green cards" are demeaning and creates "second-class citizens" of people who aren't citizens in the first place.

-PJ