They are in fact illegal.
Comment on 20 states sue Biden admin over illegals
FfaerieOxide@kbin.social 2 months agoIllegals 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.
Blamemeta@lemm.ee 2 months ago
FfaerieOxide@kbin.social 2 months ago
Humans can't be illegal.
Only actions humans take can be illegal.
Blamemeta@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Thats really getting into pedantics, and its just name calling. I swear, yall cared more about the term illegals than the lawsuit
FfaerieOxide@kbin.social 2 months ago
Thats really getting into pedantics, and its just name calling.
I question if that view of yours extends to all slurs.
ChokingHazard63@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
No person is illegal. Regardless what their immigration status might be.
Blamemeta@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Thats the term for their group, isnt it? Isnt it tiring to type out illegal immigrant every time?
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
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.
jimbolauski@lemm.ee 2 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.
FfaerieOxide@kbin.social 2 months ago
Doesn't make it not dehumanizing—since it is—and it certainly doesn't help your arguments it isn't.
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I don’t look down on the group. I look down on their actions. I don’t like criminal behavior.