the word alien my simply mean strange, but it has been generally accepted to mean out worldly (thanks to hollywood etc...) so why now are ppll trying to apply "alien" to ppl? isn't that racist? or at least descrimination?
2007-09-12 11:31:17 · 13 answers · asked by Jerry 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
my country has had a recent influx of haitians & we don't refer to them as "alien" we call them "foreigners" or immigrants...what is so difficult about calling someone an immigrant!?
2007-09-12 11:43:37 · update #1
my country has had a recent influx of haitians & we don't refer to them as "alien" we call them "foreigners" or immigrants...what is so difficult about calling someone an immigrant!?
2007-09-12 11:43:38 · update #2
yeah, wait til the REAL aliens land in their little spaceships...then aren't we going to feel foolish, calling other humans "aliens"????
...um, joking!
2007-09-12 11:37:39 · answer #1 · answered by waterlin 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
In the Border Patrol Academy we used the term "illegal" colloquially, but in all official correspondence, we used more exact terms such as EWI, Overstay, OTM, Smugglers, Out-of-status, Coyotes, False Doc cases, or the particular code section they violated was used. Not all illegals are criminals, and those who have committed what is technically a crime, are not all prosecutable. All persons who come here are deemed to be immigrants unless they can prove otherwise. Many are here because they are merely dependents of citizens or legal immigrants, who couldn't get immigrant visas. Overstaying a tourist visa is not a criminal offense, but half of all illegals are "overstays." A minor brought here by his parents has committed no crime. The statute of limitations on most crimes is six years, and EWI is a misdemeanor punishable by a $250 fine that we never bother with, since it takes over a year to even get it through court. The relative of a citizen who has been here over ten years, is usually eligible for cancellation of removal and most young people who have been here a long time will get indefinite stays. There are infinite gradations of illegality. In our quest to create a one size fits all solution, we have paralyzed the system. IF we just allowed everyone here to make an application without returning to their own country (which they are not going to do anyway), and then let USCIS and immigration judges issue them visas or removal orders, we could trim the problem to a manageable size and go after the smugglers and violent criminals we really need to deport. Otherwise we'll need to do an amnesty every 25 years to clear out the backlog.
2016-05-18 00:33:03 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
alien or foreigners mean the same thing.there are no racist overtones or discrimination involved when used for Illegal immigrants except by activist trying enforce there will on the legal residents of the United States.
2007-09-12 11:37:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
The definition of an alien is :An unnaturalized foreign resident of a country. So it isn't racist nor descriminatory.
2007-09-12 11:36:07 · answer #4 · answered by sorry sista 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is just that they are alien to this country. They do not belong here, were not born here. Alien. It would be like me saying that having sex with a man feels alien to me, which means it does not belong there. I am a lesbian.
2007-09-12 11:49:22 · answer #5 · answered by the fnho 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technically any non US citizen is an Alien, not just Illegals, but Alien is just about the only Politically Correct term for *******s or ********s or *******s that you can use.
2007-09-12 11:36:04 · answer #6 · answered by Alan S 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
alien |ˈālyən; ˈālēən| adjective belonging to a foreign country or nation. • unfamiliar and disturbing or distasteful : bossing anyone around was alien to him | they found the world of adult education a little alien. • [ attrib. ] relating to or denoting beings supposedly from other worlds; extraterrestrial : an alien spacecraft. • (of a plant or animal species) introduced from another country and later naturalized. noun a foreigner, esp. one who is not a naturalized citizen of the country where they are living : an illegal alien. • a hypothetical or fictional being from another world. • a plant or animal species originally introduced from another country and later naturalized. DERIVATIVES alienness noun ORIGIN Middle English : via Old French from Latin alienus ‘belonging to another,’ from alius ‘other.’
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alien adjective 1 an alien landscape unfamiliar, unknown, strange, peculiar; exotic, foreign. antonym familiar. 2 a vicious role alien to his nature incompatible with, unusual for, opposed to, conflicting with, contrary to, in conflict with, at variance with, out of step with; rare oppugnant to. antonym familiar. 3 alien beings extraterrestrial, unearthly, otherworldly; Martian, Jovian, Venutian. antonym earthly. noun 1 an illegal alien foreigner, nonnative, immigrant, emigrant, émigré. 2 the alien's spaceship extraterrestrial, ET; Martian, Jovian, Venutian; informal little green man.
2007-09-12 11:34:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
i think it's dumb, and the US isn't known for their tact or couth. I think the states calls everyone aliens because they alienate everyone who isn't american.....i'm being kind of cheeky but i do kinda feel like that.
2007-09-12 11:37:54 · answer #8 · answered by Scooby 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
it means not native born. hollywood made it sound like little green men
2007-09-12 11:37:53 · answer #9 · answered by racer 51 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the sheer bulk of them are not white! There, I said it.
2007-09-12 11:47:39 · answer #10 · answered by Mr. Vitamin C 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋