Comment on 20 states sue Biden admin over illegals
FfaerieOxide@kbin.social 8 months agoEasy it is a label to describe immigration status
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 8 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 8 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 8 months ago
Illegal is short for illegal immigrant, many people are illegal immigrants.
FfaerieOxide@kbin.social 8 months ago
Undocumented people may immigrate in a way some people do not consider to be "legal" but they themselves are not illegal therefore "illegals" is a nonsense term.