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Illegal Aliens or Undocumented Workers?


Well, I turned on the news during my morning coffee as I always do, and they are once again debating the question: Do we call people here illegally 'illegal aliens or undocumented workers'?  We shouldn't even need to ask this question but let's break it down once and for all.

Illegal - Contrary to or forbidden by law.

Alien - Belonging to a foreign country or nation.

Undocumented - Not recorded in or proved by documents.

Workers - People who produce or achieve. 

These definitions came from the Google Dictionary.  Now, let's examine:

* Is coming to America without permission contrary to or forbidden by law?  Yes.

* If you sneak into America do you belong to a foreign country or nation?  Yes.

* If you are here in America illegally would you be documented?  Not unless you're caught.  If you are undocumented it is because you are illegal.

* Can you legally produce or achieve?  No.  Crossing the border illegally is not an achievement, it's a crime.  Hiring illegals for a job is also a crime. 

As I've tried to explain before, you can be politically correct or you can tell the truth but you can't do both.  

Let's start calling things what they are.  Feelings should not factor into it.  If the truth hurts your feelings then you need to toughen up.  

If you are eating an apple, calling it an orange doesn't change the taste.  Call it an apple whether the apple likes it or not. 

Undocumented Immigrant doesn't work either because sneaking in doesn't make you an immigrant, it makes you a law-breaker.

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