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The Daily Sentinel
Grand Junction, Colorado

Printed Letters: March 10, 2020

Re; “Words Matter”, March 7, 2020.

Renaming illegal aliens is a political maneuver

It is truly unbelievable that any responsible lawmaker would spend time considering legislation to end the practice of describing illegal aliens as illegal aliens. The clear goal here is to work toward the end that “we are all just people, so why do we need terms — or immigration laws at all?”

“Illegal” has a meaning in the English language as does “alien” in American immigration law. The argument that use of the legal and accurate term to describe illegal aliens somehow “dehumanizes them” and we should stop using it is not the end of the discussion, it is the beginning.

Here in Georgia, where we are home to more illegal aliens than green card holders, we see the same politically motivated attempt to change the language to alter the perception of immigration enforcement.

Remembering that official open borders is the end game, it can only be a matter of time before the corporate-funded anti-borders mob presses for another term: “victims of borders.”

Why not just do it now to save the goofy debates in your capitol and on your opinion pages?

D.A. KING

Marietta, Georgia

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