I heard Ann Coulter bashing the New York Times for using Transmigrant to describe illegal aliens. Is this just the NYT editors term or is it the new term?
2006-12-29 06:23:59 · 12 answers · asked by Drop Zone 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
"Transmigrantes, so named for the visa given them by Mexican officials to travel some 1,500 miles through Mexico enroute to the US."
2006-12-29 07:39:48 · update #1
I believe some others answered the question about the names significance-Crossing Mexico.
I would just like to point out that the editors of this board appear to have a bias in favor of the lawbreakers. In Texas, we have always used a term to seperate the illegal crossers from legally residing law abiding Mexican Americans.
But for the residents of Frisco, to imply that an illegal invader has not dried off yet is apparently a racial slur! I want anyone refering to a white American as a "Pilgrim" or European to be permanantly banned as I take severe offense at the use of such Racial terms against white settlers-OOps I also hate the term Settler-makes it sound like we came to this country and turned it into a place people want to be or something negative like that!
2006-12-29 06:47:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Transmigrant is a type of visa provided by Mexico allowing Central Americans passage through Mexico on their way to entering (often illegally) the U.S.
The last article, according to the NY Times website, to use the term "transmigrant" was "THE NEW SEASON/ART; Buddha in Every Borough" on September 8, 2002.
Facts seem to be lacking in this question. If you or other answerers are trying to make a point, facts always help.
Added Info:
Transmigrant:
Defined as person who is in transit to another country and passes through Mexican territory. A Transmigrant has the right to remain in the country for a maximum of 30 days.
2006-12-29 06:30:19 · answer #2 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
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2006-12-29 06:35:47 · answer #3 · answered by mtvtoni 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-19 04:22:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hope not. I find the term "illegal alien" to convey the essence of what it attempts to describe. "Transmigrant" suggests the person is only here temporarily, which entirely misses the point.
2006-12-29 06:46:10 · answer #5 · answered by trentrockport 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I had never heard of this. If Mexico is going to give them a 'transmigrant' visa they should require to see a valid visa from the US allowing them in at this end, or be prepared to keep them in their own country.
2006-12-29 06:32:05 · answer #6 · answered by DAR 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
a person or thing that transmigrates.
a person passing through a country or place on the way to another place in which he or she intends to settle.
—adj.
passing from one place or state to another.
Hmmm sounds like more PC BS to me
2006-12-29 06:33:05 · answer #7 · answered by Yakuza 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You need to wait and see if your question get's deleted by the pro legal to know what actual term you can use.
2006-12-29 06:33:59 · answer #8 · answered by MinuteWoman 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Never heard of it. They will always be 'illegal aliens' to me.
2006-12-29 06:39:50 · answer #9 · answered by WHITE GIRL 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
wow that would be something. way too pollitically correct. we should just call them what they are, illegal mexicans!
2006-12-29 07:12:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋