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-Land of the Free
California, the Rhetoric of Illegal Immigration, and the Perils of Ignoring Thucydides's Warning
2017-11-09
By Victor Davis Hanson

Vocabulary changes always reflect the agendas of a political debate.

The fight over illegal immigration plays out by altering words and their meanings. Take the traditional rubric "illegal alien." The English has been clear and exact for nearly a century: illegal alien (cf. Latin alienus) was a descriptive term for any foreigner who crossed the US border without coming through customs to obtain proper legal sanction.
Posted by:746

#3  here in southern idaho it already is a reality
Posted by: 746   2017-11-09 12:28  

#2  If we don't stop it now, peacefully, with a wall and determined enforcement of our immigration laws the outcome really could be a bloody civil war and if we don't win that war Aztlan could become a reality.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2017-11-09 11:01  

#1  Don't like illegal alien. How about just criminal? Or illegal grifter?
Posted by: JohnQC   2017-11-09 10:54  

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