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Re:Five Oregon counties vote to leave state, create 'Greater... by fyijbxmuyidudm on Thursday May 20, 2021 @05:19PM (#27227431)
Illegals is, of course, a shorthand for illegal alien. The shorthand was created because of the regularity of having to describe such an individual. In what way could someone describe the reality of "a person who has violated international border agreements and is residing in a country in violation of the laws of that country" that you would not consider dehumanizing?
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Re:Five Oregon counties vote to leave state, create 'Greater... by halostatue on Thursday May 20, 2021 @09:45PM (#27229639)
People can’t be illegal. They can be in the country without proper documentation. The _correct_ and _humane_ term is “undocumented”.
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Re:Five Oregon counties vote to leave state, create 'Greater... by barbacoa on Friday May 21, 2021 @01:43AM (#27230880)
This is like calling a drug dealer an unlicensed pharmacist.
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Re:Five Oregon counties vote to leave state, create 'Greater... by shkkmo on Friday May 21, 2021 @12:24AM (#27230493)
People can't be illegal, but they can do illegal things. I've never liked "illegal alien" or "illegals", but "undocumented noncitizen" seems much less accurate than "illegal immigrant".

I support a path to citizenship and making all forms of immigration more fair, humane and much more widely available. I don't understand the push from some on the left to say that all enforcement of immigration laws should go away.

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