I don't understand the apprehension developing over the use of the phrase illegal immigrants. The use of the term undocumented immigrant is in affect condoning criminal behavior. U.S. Code Title 8 §1325 Paragraph (a)clearly specifies the nature of the crime of trying to cross the border illegally:
(a) Improper time or place; avoidance of examination or inspection; misrepresentation and concealment of facts
Any alien who (1) enters or attempts to enter the United States at any time or place other than as designated by immigration officers, or (2) eludes examination or inspection by immigration officers, or (3) attempts to enter or obtains entry to the United States by a willfully false or misleading representation or the willful concealment of a material fact, shall, for the first commission of any such offense, be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both, and, for a subsequent commission of any such offense, be fined under title 18, or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.
Simply walking across the border the first time violates federal law on the level of a misdemeanor, equivalent to drunk driving, shoplifting, prostitution, or vandalism. Trying to cross the border illegally the second time is equivalent to a felony. If we are going to be a nation of laws then we need to avoid the political correctness of not referring to illegal actions as illegal.
To say that illegal immigrants may have lived in this country for years and not committed a crime is simply not true. They committed their first crime in the U.S. as they walked across the border. I have no doubt that many of the immigrants that originally came here illegally are good people with no intention of breaking laws or causing harm to others. But the best you can say for them is that they haven't been prosecuted for the laws they have already committed.
If we are going to stick with the "undocumented" terminology, why not expand it:
| Illegal Immigrant | Undocumented Immigrant |
| Prostitute | Undocumented Sex Therapist |
| Drunk Driver | Undocumented Recreational Driver |
| Vandalism | Undocumented Renovations |
| Shop Lifting | Undocumented Shopping |
We can take all the misdemeanors and convert them to "undocumented" activities, then we start working on the felonies. I realize this looks stupid when you put it into this context of changing all our laws to being "undocumented", but in a nation of laws we don't get to pick and choose whhich laws we enforce and which we don't.
the Orwellian newspeak is even worse, more and more they don't say "undocumented" at all, just "immigrants". They regularly conflate all immigrants. Like when Trump called MS-13 animals and they said Trump said immigrants are animals!
sometime you even see them just use the term "migrant" like they are fucking birds or something, free to go where they please. the correct legal term is "illegal alien".
The sad part is it comes directly from our media and people don't try to understand for themselves. It's amazing how many conversations with liberals I have had ended with them saying "I don't believe that" to a simple, verifiable fact. What they really mean is that "I won't believe that" because facts don't fit into their beliefs.
yup, the media is recruiting useful idiots to push this open borders agenda
The migrant bird comment just is too good.
I am not from the U.S., but political correctness is a worldwide trend nowadays... I also think it's silly how they take a perfectly good and universally understood scientific/law term and replace it with something undescriptive or sometimes even misleading... Political correctness feels like making undocumented love to everyone's brains LOL
It is world wide and to the detriment to all of our societies. Not saying exactly what we mean is bad enough on a personal level but when countries start doing it when talking to each other it's far worse.
Can't document someone that we don't know is here. If we don't know they are here, they must be illegal.
Illegal comes first and then it becomes illegal undocumented.....
Can not take the illegal out.
Maybe we clould call them the JV League and hope they don't go pro!
Have you heard them described as illegal from ABC, CBS, NBS, CNN, PBS, or MSNBC? I haven't and certainly don't expect to either.
I cannot actually say. I don't think these stations are on my TV.
I heard them referenced as news channels but I believe maybe Democratic propaganda channels could also apply. Our station shows just enough clips from these stations to get the idea. They don't have one.