Roberto Rodriguez Anti-immigrants like to bandy about the phrase: "What is it about illegal you don't understand?" And they go ballistic over "amnesty" at the thought of treating all human beings equally and humanely. Here's a question that should help clarify the meaning of "illegal": In U.S. history, which of the following were not simply common practice, but legal? A. Forced removal of native peoples and the theft of their lands. B. Slavery, segregation and racial discrimination, and the denial of voting rights to women. C. Mass internment of U.S. citizens of Japanese descent and the mass repatriation of U.S....