Letter: All immigrants need to be labeled with their status

Stop attempting to change the narrative regarding illegal immigration by softening the moniker to which illegal immigrants are referred.



Activists rally to support immigrants and to mark World Refugee Day, June 20, 2018 near Trump World Tower in New York City. Bowing to political pressure from both parties, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday that will end his policy of separating families along the southern border. According to the Department of Health and Human Services, more than 2,300 children have been separated from their parents at the border as a result of the Trump administration’s ‘zero-tolerance’ illegal immigration policy. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)By LETTERS TO THE EDITOR |
PUBLISHED: July 17, 2018 at 8:36 am | UPDATED: July 17, 2018 at 8:45 am


All immigrants need to be
labeled with their status

Please stop attempting to change the narrative regarding illegal immigration by softening the moniker to which illegal immigrants are referred.

Your effort began by replacing “illegal alien” with “illegal immigrant.” It didn’t take long afterward for “undocumented immigrant” to replace “illegal immigrant.” Now you’ve completed dropped any reference to their entering our county illegally by referring to them simply as immigrants (or even worse, migrants).

Do you really think we’re not perceptive enough to notice this?

The bottom line is they entered our country illegally and any reference to them needs to address this. You’re not fooling anyone.

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