> You have to make a case as to why it’s dehumanizing if you want people to listen; you can’t just say it. He (and his fellow travelers) assert it, therefore t

> You have to make a case as to why it’s dehumanizing if you want people to listen; you can’t just say it. He (and his fellow travelers) assert it, therefore that is the way it is. It's an obnoxious but super-common way of driving ideological change (and keeping people on the outside). For the most part, all these formulations (illegal, illegal immigrant, undocumented immigrant, person experiencing un-documentation) have an objectively equivalent meaning. The newer ones are kinda foolish attempts to use language games to change people's beliefs and perceptions, and really only function as shibboleths.