They're actually illegal alien invaders. How 'bout we call what them what they are. They are entering illegally. All the freaking time. They are not migrants, nor are they immigrants.
They are calling them "migrants" to hide the FACT that they are illegal aliens. "Migrants" makes it seem like a nice visit by people from another country. The true migrants in the U.S. are the farm workers who get seasonal visas to work crops in various parts of the country, but are supposed to go back each year (but I wonder how many never go back), and presumably return the following year, or perhaps at a different time of year in a different part of the country.
There are distinctions though. A migrant is someone who moves from one place to another usually for work. Following work, even in the same country would include migrants. An immigrant is a person who goes through a legal process to live in a new country. "Illegal immigrant" doesn't really make sense, since they are not going through a legal process in order to live in a new country. Hence: illegal invaders.
I feel your pain. We have many from South America and Mexico where I live. I find them personally to be lovely people, but that aside they are here illegally. As someone with immigrant close relatives, it frankly angers me that so many are "jumping the line", with the blessing of our so-called governments. BTW, they're treated quite well where I am.
They're actually illegal alien invaders. How 'bout we call what them what they are. They are entering illegally. All the freaking time. They are not migrants, nor are they immigrants.
They are calling them "migrants" to hide the FACT that they are illegal aliens. "Migrants" makes it seem like a nice visit by people from another country. The true migrants in the U.S. are the farm workers who get seasonal visas to work crops in various parts of the country, but are supposed to go back each year (but I wonder how many never go back), and presumably return the following year, or perhaps at a different time of year in a different part of the country.
There are distinctions though. A migrant is someone who moves from one place to another usually for work. Following work, even in the same country would include migrants. An immigrant is a person who goes through a legal process to live in a new country. "Illegal immigrant" doesn't really make sense, since they are not going through a legal process in order to live in a new country. Hence: illegal invaders.
I feel your pain. We have many from South America and Mexico where I live. I find them personally to be lovely people, but that aside they are here illegally. As someone with immigrant close relatives, it frankly angers me that so many are "jumping the line", with the blessing of our so-called governments. BTW, they're treated quite well where I am.
How about "foreign national" or "illegal alien" ?