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What part of "illegal" or "immigrant" implies a person is not a human? It's just shorthand for "person who has immigrated illegally" anyway, arguing over these
by parineum 4y ago
What part of "illegal" or "immigrant" implies a person is not a human?
It's just shorthand for "person who has immigrated illegally" anyway, arguing over these words is a distraction. You have any solutions?
- medvezhenok 4y agoYes, fix legal immigration: https://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/charts/annual-number-of-us-legal-permanent-residents https://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/charts/ann... The current legal immigration levels are way too low, hence people breaking the law trying to establish roots in the country (or fleeing persecution elsewhere). We used to call people foreign-born instead of illegal, and not care about their immigration status at all. Oh, wait - that's when the Europeans were immigrating: https://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/charts/annual-number-of-us-legal-permanent-residents https://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/charts/ann... If many many people are breaking a law (i.e. jaywalking), one should consider whether the law is actually reasonable in the first place.