On Mon, 7 Jun 2010 21:19:13 -0400, "Ed Huntress"
wrote:



The term "immigrant" doesn't refer to a person's legality, only to the fact
that he has move somewhere to take up permanent residence. It never did have
anything to do with legal status. You can look it up anywhere.

So "illegal immigrant" is a perfectly valid term. It describes their status
perfectly.

Finally, the law does not have eyes. The people who write laws have the
eyes. And all of them descended from immigrants. They just took a look,
didn't like all those new people moving in, and decided it's time to pull up
the ladder.

Illegal meant illegal before any new laws were written. Immigrants
willing to assimilate, learn English and pay taxes and respect our
laws are not the same as illegals who scoff our laws, our language,
and who come to take rather than join.