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theHandpuppet

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42. Agreed. In any other country they would simply be called refugees.

Reply to Louisiana1976 (Reply #34)

Tue Jul 8, 2014, 11:09 PM

Jul 2014

ref·u·gee
/ˌrefyo͝oˈjē,ˈrefyo͝oˌjē/

a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.
as in "tens of thousands of refugees fled their homes"
synonyms: émigré, fugitive, exile, displaced person, asylum seeker

The term "illegal immigrant" is a manufactured description with intentionally negative connotations.

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Can we just call those kids "unaccompanied minors"? or "refugees"? [View all] Hekate Jul 2014 OP

Legally the name the news is using is correct yeoman6987 Jul 2014 #1

We stole this country from the Native Americans, we did it legally too, according to us randys1 Jul 2014 #2

And therefore we should have completely open borders. Throd Jul 2014 #3

No, we should give the land back and leave, or pay reparations beyond what we have randys1 Jul 2014 #4

I agree yeoman6987 Jul 2014 #5

Use our tax system to do it, go ahead and raise taxes randys1 Jul 2014 #8

Fine let's do it yeoman6987 Jul 2014 #13

Great plan! Throd Jul 2014 #9

Glad you agree randys1 Jul 2014 #11

Are you saying the children being discussed should be Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2014 #22

This may come as news to you but -- Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2014 #14

those children stole the land they are fleeing? randys1 Jul 2014 #16

No, but neither did the Americans currently living here who were once children here. Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2014 #19

Am I on Discussionist again, shoot, i mess that up sometimes randys1 Jul 2014 #21

If you're going to continue to blame every non-Native American for the crimes of our ancestors NuclearDem Jul 2014 #25

USA owes Native Americans and African Americans, period...has nothing to do with opinion randys1 Jul 2014 #26

Associated press banned the use of the term a year ago. Starry Messenger Jul 2014 #7

Minors are not able to enter into a contract. They are not adults. NYC_SKP Jul 2014 #15

Not necessarily treestar Jul 2014 #28

I agree, TBH. AverageJoe90 Jul 2014 #6

I prefer unauthorized immigrant. aikoaiko Jul 2014 #10

Children in need, no reason to say anything else randys1 Jul 2014 #12

Perhaps you can run for President yeoman6987 Jul 2014 #17

No wonder this country is going into the toilet, so called liberals defending the reason randys1 Jul 2014 #18

Probably confusing form and substance. Igel Jul 2014 #35

I don't think so. aikoaiko Jul 2014 #20

Jesus...i give up randys1 Jul 2014 #23

One doesn't have to hide from the fact that the children didn't immigrant through regular processes aikoaiko Jul 2014 #24

Apparently Chris Hayes heard me thinking. His program, which is on as I write this... Hekate Jul 2014 #27

I'm rather shocked by the responses to your entirely reasonable OP. scarletwoman Jul 2014 #30

Agreed. H2O Man Jul 2014 #31

That all depends on whether there's anyone here who can still tell the difference. scarletwoman Jul 2014 #32

Very good! H2O Man Jul 2014 #29

Perfect! It's appalling how these children who are fleeing csziggy Jul 2014 #33

I also prefer "refugees" or "unaccompanied minors." These children are refugees and Louisiana1976 Jul 2014 #34

If another country's citizens acted like those of Murietta csziggy Jul 2014 #36

Agreed. In any other country they would simply be called refugees. theHandpuppet Jul 2014 #42

Unfortunately they probably don't fall under the legal definition of refugees aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2014 #37

I heard that the UN made a comment to the US about the "refugees on our border"? Hekate Jul 2014 #38

I'm referring to the legal definition aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2014 #41

The fact is their countries are in the state they are in largely because of the US alarimer Jul 2014 #39

+1 Hekate Jul 2014 #40

+1000. Agreed completely. And we are culpable for the chaos in their home states riderinthestorm Jul 2014 #43