Thanks for this clarification, Silver. You're absolutely right.
As a slight aside, one of the reasons they can get away with this is that the media and the discourse have now forever muddled the distinctions among immigrants and migrants who have come here legally (whether through traditional, slow channels, or as legal asylum-seekers) an…
Thanks for this clarification, Silver. You're absolutely right.
As a slight aside, one of the reasons they can get away with this is that the media and the discourse have now forever muddled the distinctions among immigrants and migrants who have come here legally (whether through traditional, slow channels, or as legal asylum-seekers) and undocumented immigrants (whatever desperate circumstances have made risking the border worth it to them). The desire on the left to elide the distinction was (I hope) noble (no person is "illegal") but the net effect is that we can't talk about the distinction and what it means for policy. And people here legally get lumped in with those who are not here legally, and then all immigrants are targeted. We desperately need immigration to shore up our falling birth rate and fill needed labor roles (both at the top and the bottom of the education spectrum). All this muddying of the waters, besides allowing for plays like the Springfield one that are heinously racist and opportunistic, gets in the way of us seeing the problem clearly.
Thanks for this clarification, Silver. You're absolutely right.
As a slight aside, one of the reasons they can get away with this is that the media and the discourse have now forever muddled the distinctions among immigrants and migrants who have come here legally (whether through traditional, slow channels, or as legal asylum-seekers) and undocumented immigrants (whatever desperate circumstances have made risking the border worth it to them). The desire on the left to elide the distinction was (I hope) noble (no person is "illegal") but the net effect is that we can't talk about the distinction and what it means for policy. And people here legally get lumped in with those who are not here legally, and then all immigrants are targeted. We desperately need immigration to shore up our falling birth rate and fill needed labor roles (both at the top and the bottom of the education spectrum). All this muddying of the waters, besides allowing for plays like the Springfield one that are heinously racist and opportunistic, gets in the way of us seeing the problem clearly.
Why is no person illegal?
Because existing as a person is not illegal. One can be in the country illegally, but one's personhood is not illegal.
People are lazy and don't want to bother to know the differences.