Incorrect. While numerous Supreme Court decisions use “illegal alien” they do not do so exclusively, e.g., Plyler v. Doe (1981) uses, at a minimum, all of (directly, ignoring uses that occur only in quoted material, and consistently reflecting singular though some terms are used in both singular and plural, and some only plural, forms) “illegal alien”, “undocumented child”, “undocumented alien”, “undocumented resident alien”, and “illegal entrant”.
I’ll leave this to other people to battle off HN. Best of luck informing yourself about how to not use perjorative terms to slander vast amounts of people.
As far as immigration control, I disagree with your scenario. Since my comment was about people who supposedly abhor regulation, i’d like to make sure to apply the same logic to pollution, financial fraud, lobbying and labor abuse.
The vast majority are not undocumented. They have fraudulent documentation. Identity theft is not a victimless crime.
Overstaying a visa isn't a crime, but getting a visa with the intent to overstay it is a crime. Jumping the border is obviously a crime. Those two methods of entry cover the vast majority. There aren't a lot of people who intended to leave and then just... forgot the visa expiration date or something.
Except it isn't.
https://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2018/may/09/stev...
It appears in section headers that don't have legal weight behind them, and in reference to aliens who have additionally been convicted of at least on felony.
Just saying something doesn't make it true.
> Undocumented is when somebody loses their wallet, so that won't do.
No, because someone without their wallet will still be documented in the databases.
> These people generally have illegal documentation, possibly even matching your documentation.
Do I need to track down how that's false too? You really seem to enjoy making statements with nothing to back them up.
So, these terms have legal definitions. You may wish to inform yourself a lot better before having such debates.
Most work in hospitality and food prep, indoors.
Why would it matter that they're indoors? I’m really confused by what you choose to emphasize.
I find it unlikely that agricultural employees make up .5% of Central American immigrants in the US at any given time. That figure sounds low.
Without the power to permit people to exist within an area or not, one can not have any sort of social aid. Several billion people would show up to claim it.