[drpix]

~ “Illegal Alien” truly is a misnomer. A person can't be “illegal”."
It would be more accurate the refer to these people “Criminal Aliens” ~

Don't be suckered down that leftist road. Not only does the law, but even the left, uses the term "illegal" to refer to all kinds of people as in "illegal occupant", "illegal trapper", "illegal food vendor", "illegal trader"....

For generations upon generations, American immigration laws called the foreign born aliens AND separated them in 2 classes "legal aliens" and "illegal alien."

This is crucial because unlike the term "criminal alien", the burden of proof was never on the American government to prove they are "illegal", but on the aliens to prove they are "legal" - as it would be for the former.

[Moonman62]

For generations upon generations, American immigration laws called the foreign born aliens AND separated them in 2 classes "legal aliens" and "illegal alien."

I believe you're correct. The official legal phrase used by the US government is "illegal alien." "Illegal immigrant" is an invention of journalists and now they want to change it again.

[Gabrial]

“This is crucial because unlike the term “criminal alien”, the burden of proof was never on the American government to prove they are “illegal”, but on the aliens to prove they are “legal” - as it would be for the former.”

Hmmmm. You make very good points. I had not thought about the “burden of proof” aspect of this. I am not a lawyer, but I do see how you can't be a “criminal” until convicted in a court of law, but you certainly can be in the US “illegally” without being convicted of a criminal offense.

As they said Laugh-In....

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