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It's the other way around. "Illegal" is the inaccurate slur to refer to an undocumented person. Nobody can be illegal.
by mike00632 4y ago
It's the other way around. "Illegal" is the inaccurate slur to refer to an undocumented person. Nobody can be illegal.
- lazide 4y agoTheir presence as an immigrant in the country definitely can be though! Hence 'Illegal Immigrant'.
- floxy 4y agohttps://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1365 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1365
- scarface74 4y agoIf someone breaks the law, aren’t they doing something illegal?
- mike00632 4y agoYou wouldn't call someone "an illegal" because they sped on their way to work.