Hint: there is no such thing as an illegal immigrant.
2006-09-05 13:49:45 · 20 answers · asked by Firecracker . 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
"you people"--------- The phrase is meant as an open invitation.
2006-09-05 14:42:03 · update #1
Coragryph, you have two different definitions from two different sources.(immigrant)
2006-09-05 14:53:34 · update #2
Youth of today............ thanks for the compliment, I think. I'm a grandfather.
Hot Stuff........... I am. But possibly not in the way you meant it.
For those who want a dictionary reference, try Consolidated-Webster Encyclopedic Dictionary, Chicago,1961
2006-09-08 15:03:32 · update #3
I do.
It took me five years to become a naturalized citizen. And I had to jump through a lot of hoops to become one.
Every illegal alien is a criminal, and should be rounded up and sent back to whichever banana republic they came from.
2006-09-05 19:08:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
An immigrant is someone who comes to a country by legal means They follow the immigration laws of the country.. An illegal immigrant is someone who comes to a country by illegal means.They don't obey the laws of the country they are trying to come to. They might have a legitimate reason to flee from their old country if they are being persecuted physically for any number of reasons. For example if they were a woman in China She was pregnant. Their government forces her to have abortion if it is your second child. That would be good reason for me.
2006-09-05 13:59:27 · answer #2 · answered by jesus_lover1962 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hint: you are incorrect. Try looking at a dictionary.
** Immigrant: a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there
** Alien: a person who is from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to the country they are in.
** Illegal: done in violation of the law
So:
** Illegal immigrant: someone who comes into a country in violation of the laws
** Illegal alien: someone who is from a foreign country, and present in violation of the laws
{EDIT to GypsyGirl} I'm making the same distinction federal law does:
8 USC §1101:
The term "alien" means any person not a citizen or national of the United States.
The term "immigrant" means every alien except an alien who is within one of the following classes of nonimmigrant aliens -- ambassador, diplomatic officials, temporary visitors, temporary contract workers on specific visas, foreign military personnel on detacted duty, etc.
2006-09-05 13:51:05 · answer #3 · answered by coragryph 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
This is just semantics and doesn't do much for the discussion ... you may call illegals "illegal aliens", which is considered the correct term, or "illegal immigrant" ... personally I would think that if you start out by breaking a nation's laws, you don't really show it much respect, do you? The relevant part is "illegal", whether you call them aliens or immigrants ...
2006-09-05 15:01:57 · answer #4 · answered by Sashie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes an immigrant comes to our country legally and gets their green cards and becomes a citizen the illegal alien sneaks across our borders and lives off our system
2006-09-05 13:57:23 · answer #5 · answered by mssskittyy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Coragraph is making a distinction between illegal immigrant and illegal alien - there is no such distinction. If a person is here illegally, they are an illegal alien. An immigrant is one who has pledged allegiance to America. Someone who is illegal cannot do that.
2006-09-05 14:02:56 · answer #6 · answered by Gypsy Girl 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
ummm.......in my Webster dictionary it says there is. What dictionary are you using?
I see what you are getting at. The ones that are here illegally that still hold their allegiance to their home country yes indeed are illegal aliens. If they have allegiance to this country they are illegal immigrants.
2006-09-05 13:54:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
immigrant one who immigrates to another country for permanent
residence preferably and usually legally . while the terminology chosen by the legal codes was alien hence foreigner for those
who come to live here outside the law any thing else is semantics and your prerogative to bring to usage (as bovine fecal matter) as u shall choose ... in this case informally illegal immigrant is entirely possible
2006-09-05 14:35:16 · answer #8 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
an immigrant is someone that enters another country. And yes, immigrants can be illegal and legal. You have the whole concept wrong.
2006-09-05 14:27:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the difference between waiting 7 years for citizenship and just jumping the border.
2006-09-05 13:51:33 · answer #10 · answered by oh really 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋