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9. Why are is "illegal" offensive.
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 10:45 AM
Jan 27

When many themselves will say they are here illegally? I am being genuine when I ask this. That has never made sense worrying about the semantics.

Alien is actually the offensive word because it dehumanizes and indicates they don’t belong. But being in this country illegally doesn’t seem like a terrible word and it’s always bothered me that my side gets so offended..

What this administration is doing by going after non-violent people with no criminal record (or very minor) is outrageous and anti-Christian and un-American. Especially those that are obeying the law through the proper protocol of immigration requirements (asylum, appearing at their hearings, being documented, etc?) is merely Steven Miller’s sick attempt to whiten this country and punish blue states.

That is what is offensive. The poll from my home state still has 40% in favor of this tyrannical policy after everything they have seen since Dear Leader invaded the streets of Los Angeles. This is not just offensive but it’s a cancer that conservatives created.

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