Because immigration is a legal process, the only way to be an "immigrant" is to go through the legal process. Ergo, if you didn't go through the process, you can't be an immigrant.
Do you call a rapist is an illegal sexual participant? A car thief an illegal automobile owner? A bank robber an illegal possesser of other peoples money? Of course no. So, stop calling the invading tresspassers illegal immigrants.
2006-07-31 05:47:07 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
LOL I Like that. I hope your ready top get bombed by Pro Illegals. I do like the way you think.
2006-07-31 05:51:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. Immigration is a process of coming into a country from outside it. The dictionary definition is "Migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there)". That can be legal or illegal depending on a variety of factors.
Trespassing is being on property without justification and without consent of the owner. An illegal immigrant may have full consent to be on property, or may even be the property owner. For example, it's perfectly legal to purchase property in the US and not be a US citizen, and never even have set foot in the US. Let's say you are a Chinese billionaire. You buy a beachfront house in Malibu. Then you sail your private yacht over, and land on your property. You are an illegal immigrant, but you are not a trespasser. So, immigration has nothing to do with trespassing.
A thief is an illegal possessor of someone else's property. When you analyze the legal requirements to be convicted of that crime, that's exactly how you would classify them. So, that analogy is actually correct. Same with rapist. That is the correct description based on the legal elements of the crime.
Becoming a legal resident alien (temporary or permanent) is a legal process. Becoming an immigrant is a movement process.
Before you go telling people they aren't using words correctly, it might be worth your time to actually look up the legal definitions of things.
2006-07-31 05:53:31 · answer #2 · answered by coragryph 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Immigration has its long history back in the beginning of human being counternance after the fall of Adam&Eve. To start with the contemporary meaning of immigration, it means moving from one place to another, crossing the borders that devide the lands or countries. Back then, there was nothing to be called legal or not to migrate to another possessed land. It had no borders, it had no authority governing the immigrants whether or not they were truly legal or illegal. So the meaning of immigrant is based here. Back to the contemporary days, governments have collaborated immigration bodies to control one's country's population on order not to be overpopulated and shrink into the diversity of poverty. Hence, immigrants ought to go through the legal immigration process in order to migrate to another country. But the question here is - misusing of the English language of the 'immigrant' term. As it's said, its rooted meaning is based centuries back and hence modern day users just say it for everyone's convenience sake as it's bounded by the language culture. Illegal immigrants are the people moving and crossing one's border without a legal or authorised pass.
2006-07-31 06:00:15 · answer #3 · answered by Springboard 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are immigrants, according to the definition of immigrants. {An immigrant is a person who intends to stay long-term (often forever), in contrast to a casual visitor or traveler.} Some are here illegally which makes them illegally immigrants. The definition of illegally immigrants {Illegal immigration refers to an immigration of people across national borders —in violation of the immigration laws of the country of destination.}
Many countries have or had laws restricting immigration for economic or nationalistic political reasons. Whether a person is permitted to stay in a country legally may be decided on by quotas or point systems or may be based on considerations such as family ties (marriage, elderly mother, etc.). Exceptions relative to political refugees or to sick people are also common. Immigrants who do not participate in these legal proceedings or who are denied permission under them and still enter or stay in the country are considered illegal immigrants. Further; the terms illegal alien, illegal immigrant, undocumented alien, undocumented immigrant, and undocumented worker, are common terms used to refer to U.S. residents without either U.S. citizenship or a valid immigration status.
More Terminology
Alien
Migrant
Criminal alien
Foreign national
Illegal immigrant/ migrant/ alien
Undocumented immigrant/ migrant/ alien / worker
Undocumented resident
So, why is it ignorance, of the English language, to say illegal immigrants?
2006-07-31 06:16:56 · answer #4 · answered by Cricket 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-01 07:29:04 · answer #5 · answered by Erika 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The correct term is, of course, 'illegal alien'. However, the liberal, politically correct media and politicians have inculcated the 'illegal immigrant' term into our lexicon.
2006-07-31 05:51:38 · answer #6 · answered by Black Fedora 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
this is not a question that should be put in this category.A language and its use is decided by its popular usage,however grammatically it is wrong
2006-07-31 05:53:54 · answer #7 · answered by safdar_mjd 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds more polite than '******* " !!
2006-07-31 05:51:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋