When having a discussion, especially a political one, it is important to make sure the terms used have a common definition.
In the present discussion on immigration, although the words used may be the same, their meaning is not, and this results in no common ground or any chance to reach it.
The classic argument used to bolster the misconception about undocumented immigrants, and, therefore , to strengthen the idea they are a threat, is to get an immigrant to say in the media, “I came here the legal way, so should they”, without the follow up question, “What way did you arrive here, and how is their way illegal?”.
The answer to that question would show why this is all smoke and no substance.
The most obvious method of illegal entry is to cross the border at some isolated point where there is little surveillance, cross the desert, and, if lucky, disappear into the shadows in an immigrant community if you survived all that could have gone wrong.
The more subtle, and, therefore, less talked about way is to obtain some sort of visa legally and remain once it has expired.
We are all entertained by the Trump theatrics that warned us about a caravan of refugees heading this way from Central America, implying that as they got close enough to the border, they would evaporate into the shadows and cross the border in so many places they would have very well disappeared like the vapor of an exhaled breath on a cold winter night.
They obviously were not sneaking here judging by the news reports, and when they reached the border the people in the caravan reported to border authorities and asked for asylum.
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Reporting at a border entry point is not illegal entry, but the attempt to enter legally.
They were refugees, and had done as the law required which made their actions legal.
So, when someone says they should enter legally, it is important to ascertain if the speaker knows what that means. Chances are he or she doesn’t, but just uses that cliche’ because they heard it.
A person might not like the idea that people are seeking refuge here, but their dislike does not equate to whether something is, or is not, legal. And if the person with the opinion is under forty, or being older, never questioned the sanctity of Reagan, they may not remember, or choose to ignore that all the actions supported by the Iran-Contra business had consequences that created the conditions these people are fleeing.
Their coming here is a clear reminder of our earlier sins.
Presently at the border, whether you have attempted to arrive illegally by sneaking through a little patrolled area and were caught, or legally by reporting to authorities and requesting asylum, the treatment is the same.
This is not right.
I can get from where I live into Boston one of three ways. I can drive, take a bus, or get the train. None is the wrong way, but all merely options,
If I stole a car that would be wrong. But don’t treat me like someone who stole a car to get there because, unlike you who may have driven, I took the train.