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I think the US should have a more generous immigration policy and actually let people in to the society in an easier way. However, isn't undocumented just anot

I think the US should have a more generous immigration policy and actually let people in to the society in an easier way. However, isn't undocumented just another word for illegal? At least that is what it means in my country. If a person is breaking the law and is being in a country even if they're not allowed maybe they just have to suit themselves?

cabaalis 9y ago
The use of the word illegal is unpopular in the US because it is politically incorrect to refer to a "person" and not an "action" as illegal. There are all kinds of politics involved: identity, race, and the belief that the left wing sees them as a voting base and the right sees them as cheap labor. Either way, they are being exploited to their fullest potential, and will continue to be exploited until they are no longer useful to the political parties (frankly.)
- stuaxo 9y ago
  Interesting, as it's only in American English that I hear it used in this way.
- staticelf 9y ago
  Yeah sure, but isn't it the action of being in the country that you refer to as illegal? A person cannot be illegal, that makes no sense. I guess they are but even if my country has one of the softest immigration policies we also have undocumented people that are here illegally. However, I want my government to remove these people in my country from my country since they are breaking the law by being here. I understand if there's people in the US that think the same way. Altough you have much, much stricter immigration rules than we do.
melling 9y ago
"Since 2000, legal immigrants to the United States number approximately 1,000,000 per year, of whom about 600,000 are Change of Status who already are in the U.S. Legal immigrants to the United States now are at their highest level ever, at just over 37,000,000 legal immigrants" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_the_United_States https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_the_United_St...
TheCoelacanth 9y ago
The person employing them is also breaking the law and on a much larger scale since they employ many illegal immigrants.

cabaalis 9y ago

The use of the word illegal is unpopular in the US because it is politically incorrect to refer to a "person" and not an "action" as illegal. There are all kinds of politics involved: identity, race, and the belief that the left wing sees them as a voting base and the right sees them as cheap labor. Either way, they are being exploited to their fullest potential, and will continue to be exploited until they are no longer useful to the political parties (frankly.)

stuaxo 9y ago
Interesting, as it's only in American English that I hear it used in this way.
staticelf 9y ago
Yeah sure, but isn't it the action of being in the country that you refer to as illegal? A person cannot be illegal, that makes no sense. I guess they are but even if my country has one of the softest immigration policies we also have undocumented people that are here illegally. However, I want my government to remove these people in my country from my country since they are breaking the law by being here. I understand if there's people in the US that think the same way. Altough you have much, much stricter immigration rules than we do.

melling 9y ago

"Since 2000, legal immigrants to the United States number approximately 1,000,000 per year, of whom about 600,000 are Change of Status who already are in the U.S. Legal immigrants to the United States now are at their highest level ever, at just over 37,000,000 legal immigrants" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_the_United_States https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_the_United_St...

TheCoelacanth 9y ago

The person employing them is also breaking the law and on a much larger scale since they employ many illegal immigrants.