now they are illegal entrants

ARIZONA DAILY STAR ^

[AZ GRAMMY]

now they are illegal entrants 2 entrants' bodies found ARIZONA DAILY STAR

The decomposing bodies of two people were found in Santa Cruz County on Wednesday, raising the number of illegal entrant deaths to 126 since Oct. 1 in the Border Patrol's Tucson Section.

At approximately 10:30 a.m., patrol agents apprehended a group of illegal entrants on a trail near Nogales, Ariz., said agency spokesman Frank Amarillas. He did not know how many people were arrested in the group.

A girl in the group guided the agents back to where a body lay east of Nogales near a wash, said Assistant Chief William Ybarra.

At about 4:30 p.m., the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Department reported three people standing beside a body near Elgin, east of Sonoita.

Border Patrol agents arrived and found the body of a man.

http://www.azstarnet.com/border/308...ANT.DEATHS.html

[07055]

At least they still use the proper term, "Illegal."

[gubamyster]

ping

[Huck]

That's probably a better term. "Immigrant" has many positive connotations, and many who identify with the term. Illegal entrants is much better, much less loaded term. We should adopt it.

[Mears]

To paraphrase Reagan,"Mr Bush,put up that wall!!!"

[Howie]

The local (southern Ca.) PC term is "undocumented immigrants". I suppose these new Consular Whatever cards will improve their status to US citizens.

[Howie]

"Illegal entrants" sounds like "rapists". Just kidding.

[mtbopfuyn]

A stink weed by any other name...

[c-b 1]

It is ok to call them illegal, they are dead, they won't be offended.

[AZ GRAMMY]

i still like calling them what they are "ILLEGAL ALIENS"

[Huck]

Illegal alien is better than illegal immigrant. But I like "entrant." It describes WHAT they did. They illegally entered.

[concerned about politics]

illegal entrant

That's like calling a toilet scrubber a sanitary engineer.

[Modernman]

This just illustrates how our current immigration policy is a total failure for everyone involved, imcluding the illegals. If Mexicans were faced with a secure border, we wouldn't have unfortunate peasants dying in the desert.

[Hugin]

"Illegal aliens" is the proper term. However nowadays most people would assume it had something to do with outer space.

[Paulie]

"That's probably a better term. "Immigrant" has many positive connotations, and many who identify with the term. Illegal entrants is much better, much less loaded term. We should adopt it."

I agree.

[SAMWolf]

"Illegal Aliens" - calling them something else doesn't chnage what they are.

[Huck]

I like aliens better than immigrants. Just from a PR standpoint, it's nice to find a term that describes the infraction without appearing to stigmatize. I realize some folks want to be in your face about it. From a Dale Carnegie perspective, "illegal entrant" has value. That's my only point.

[concerned about politics]

From a Dale Carnegie perspective, "illegal entrant" has value. That's my only point.

Like "lethal injection".

[Huck]

I think that it is too easy for opponents to tar attacks on illegal immigration as attacks on immigration. Fact is, illegal immigration is a misnomer. If you illegal enter the US, you are not an immigrant, legal or otherwise. So why not get rid of the term, take that weapon away from our opponents, and use illegal entrant. Who wants to be FOR illegal entry?

[concerned about politics]

I think that it is too easy for opponents to tar attacks on illegal immigration as attacks on immigration.

They use the race card. If you're not for immagration, you hate Mexicans. They spin the issue to collect poverty votes. "Now that you're here, vote Democrat if you want to eat".
On the contrary, if you're for "illegal entry", you're against homeland security and American citizens legal protections.