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oh yea there u go
"U.S. law makes a clear distinction between aliens and immigrants by defining immigrants as a subset of aliens.[9] Although U.S. law provides no overarching explicit definition of the term "illegal alien," the term is used in many statutes[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] and elsewhere (e.g., court cases, executive orders). U.S. law also uses the term "unauthorized alien".[20][21][22] U.S. immigration laws do use the phrase illegal immigrant, though the phrase has become a common and highly politicized term in the United States.[23]"
i tweeted that earlier
oh yeah that's where I saw that
so "illegal aliean" and "unauthorized alien" is US law apprently
but never illegal immigrant
seems to me that whatever's in the law should be the term used
anything else is just political correctness...
immigrant without legal status?
Unauthorized alien seems fair.
Ultimately though this is a left-wing tactic. Redefine the language to narrow acceptable thought.
Syme explains it very clearly in 1984. Lenin and friends did this sort of thng all the time.
All these euphemisms that have been coined for "political correctness" aren't about protecting someone's feelings. It's about controlling what is and is not acceptable in discourse, and therefore winning political battles by default.
Some folk believe the term was coined by the early national socialist movements in pre-Nazi Europe. Other believe it was coined by Lenin. But everyone agrees that the purpose of politically correct speech is to constrain thought.
I should say the 'original purpose'
Many people now would believe that current politically correct speech is good, while the original application of the concept was bad.
My advice would be to use the most literal wording possible.
A foreign national without legal authorization to be present in the United States.
I would suggest that everyone has a legal status, its just that some people's legal status is that they are breaking the law
House guest who has overstayed their welcome
The new hotness is "Mexican Asylum Seeker"
Also, fix your own damn country
wherever that is
Extra-terrestrial, as in excess terrestrial begins
As insensitive as that sounds, I actually wish Mexico, Central American Countries, South American countries which produce the most unathorized aliens, would turn their countries into countries which would be as such that people didn't feel the need to risk their lives for a "chance" at a better life
Well, we count stop stealing all their talent
Just close immigration.
im not for that, either though
it's their choice to immigrate
but yeah, that has something to do with it
probagbly a pareto distribution thing 😃
Well, smart people leave because they will get killed. We take them because we want them.
It's not much of a choice
probably because the governments are corrupt and/or the country is ruled by barbarians basically.
Francis Fukuyama makes an argument that the reason why South American countries are generally unsuccessful has to do with the differences in the colonizing cultures.
Spain didn't really embrace enlightenment values.
Egalitarianism, rule-of-law, universalism, etc.
spanish/portugese vs french/english/dutch?
That's his argument, yeah.