Thread: What's the best term for people in the U.S. without permission?

Illegal Alien has my vote. I've spent time with several Mexicans in National City, CA in the US illegally for about 20 years. They are business men importing Mexican trinkets and selling them at tourist kiosks. They have no intention of either learning English or becoming citizens. Their only aim is to make as much money as possible so they can buy a house in Tijuana. They are comfortable in their illegal status because they say they will never be caught, so enmeshed in the illegal Mexican community are they. They know they are 'allowed' to do what they want because the authorities 'don't bother' them. Count back 20+ years and there's Reagan's Amnesty which started the flood, followed by decades of letting immigration be controlled by the US Chamber of Commerce, La Raza, and thousands of businesses throughout the country. This country is corrupt and doomed.

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