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> Illegal Alien: person. This is like saying “another word for car is ‘vehicle’”. It’s not the same thing. Maybe it’s an outdated expression, but it still sig
by mirkules 6y ago
> Illegal Alien: person.
This is like saying “another word for car is ‘vehicle’”. It’s not the same thing.
Maybe it’s an outdated expression, but it still signifies a person who crossed a country’s border illegally and does not have legal status.
Maybe in some libertarian circles where there ideologically are no such things as borders this would be true, but the world exists, countries exist, laws exist and changing words to suit an ideology instead of facts is kind of silly.
P.S. I got to “Illegal Alien” by entering “Synergy” then following along.
- Jtsummers 6y ago> Maybe it’s an outdated expression, but it still signifies a person who crossed a country’s border illegally and does not have legal status. Actually, it doesn't even mean just that, that's just the popular perception. Anyone not present legally would be an illegal alien, even if they crossed the border legally. I knew many international students who became illegal aliens due to overstaying their visas or who violated their visa in some way through work they did.