Nobody’s trying to say they aren’t illegal immigrants. But using derogatory terms is unnecessary and won’t bring a lot of people to your side.
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jimbolauski@lemm.ee 2 months agoEasy it is a label to describe immigration status, like citizen, permanent resident, temporary nonimigrant workers (migrant),…
Immigrating into a country illegally means that person is guess what an illegal immigrant or illegal for short. Your negative views of the word illegal don’t change their status.
ChokingHazard63@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
jimbolauski@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Illegals is just shortened illegal immigrant, just like temporary nonimigrant workers are called migrants. The negative connotation is yours.
FfaerieOxide@kbin.social 2 months ago
Illegals is just shortened illegal immigrant, just like temporary nonimigrant workers are called migrants.
They are migrants because they migrate. They aren't "illegals" because irrespective of the status of their presence according to those that claim dominion of the land they are on they are not themselves illegal.
jimbolauski@lemm.ee 2 months ago
They are illegal immigrants or illegal for short per the definition you were given but appear unable to comprehend.
FfaerieOxide@kbin.social 2 months ago
It isn't being used that way (to describe a status). It is being used to describe a person as "illegal".
A person being documented or not by a group which claims political authority over a geographic area does not make that person illegal.
jimbolauski@lemm.ee 2 months ago
It’s no different than calling a person a citizen. Your inability to understand the definition of illegal does not change its definition.
FfaerieOxide@kbin.social 2 months ago
A citizen is a thing a person can be. It's also a noun.
"Illegal" is not a thing a person can be.
Actions can be against laws but humans cannot.
jimbolauski@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Illegal is short for illegal immigrant, many people are illegal immigrants.