There are no such things as illegals.
illegal |i(l)ˈlēgəl| adjective
contrary to or forbidden by law, especially criminal law: illegal drugs.
noun derogatory, chiefly N. Amer. a person present in a country without official authorization.
Source: Macintosh Dictionary.
In your dictionary definition you could not find the word "illegals".
You will not find it in any U.S. immigration law.
Then what do you call a person that is this:
N. Amer. a person present in a country without official authorization.
If you think it's silly to call such a person an illegal, then it's pure stupidity to call them undocumented. So let me ask: since the definition of an illegal is a person without authorization, how can there not be illegals? It's just plural for "illegal" you know......
People take offense at the words
illegal alien because it is labeling people. To say that a
person is illegal is an insult and it is the reason it is used by people who hate Latinos. Offense is not taken by using
undocumented because they are indeed without official papers. The shorthand used for Italian immigrants who were without official papers (wop) was also a form of insult after some time when it was changed from a neutral description at Ellis Island to mean all working class Italians.
It is not difficult to avoid insults.
Sorry, but I'm not a liberal so I'm not worried about offending people. If they are offended however, the key to not being offending anymore is to leave my country. Until they do, I will keep on offending them by using the word ILLEGAL.
They are not worried about offending me by turning our country into a bilingual nation.
They are not worried about offending me by taking American jobs.
They are not worried about offending me by by protesting we shouldn't enforce our laws.
They are not worried about offending me by sending US dollars back to their country earned over here.
And I should be concerned about offending them by using the PROPER term illegals?
If "offending" them will get them to move back to their own country, I'll keep offending them until every last one is gone.