Comment on 20 states sue Biden admin over illegals

• FfaerieOxide@kbin.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨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.

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  • jimbolauski@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They are illegal immigrants or illegal for short per the definition you were given but appear unable to comprehend.

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    • FfaerieOxide@kbin.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      But they aren't illegal_s_ as that renders the phrase a reference to the people themselves and not their actions.

      To refer to people as illegal is dehumanizing.

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      • jimbolauski@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Just because you look down on a group of people doesn’t make the term to describe them dehumanizing.

        Just because you can’t differenciate between a term for immigration status and the people with that status doesn’t change what the term means.

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  • Blamemeta@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They are in fact illegal.

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    • FfaerieOxide@kbin.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Humans can't be illegal.

      Only actions humans take can be illegal.

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      • Blamemeta@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Thats really getting into pedantics, and its just name calling. I swear, yall cared more about the term illegals than the lawsuit

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    • ChokingHazard63@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      No person is illegal. Regardless what their immigration status might be.

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      • Blamemeta@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Thats the term for their group, isnt it? Isnt it tiring to type out illegal immigrant every time?

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