> No. There are young people in the United States who are citizens of this country by right. Children born in the US are citizens. They are not illegal immigran

> No. There are young people in the United States who are citizens of this country by right. Children born in the US are citizens. They are not illegal immigrants. Yes, of course, but those are definitely not the people I was talking about. If someone is referring to legal citizens as illegal immigrants, that's wrong and they should stop. As for the rest of your comment, I will politely decline to respond. I wasn't trying to start a discussion over what would be a fair or sensible immigration policy - that could never fit inside a HN thread. I was only objecting to idlewords's assertion that it is inherently wrong to describe someone as "illegal".