the migration was legal. you're not an "illegal" when you drive with an expired license are you? so quotes is appropriate when using the term as a title instead of a verb.
> you're not an "illegal" when you drive with an expired license are you?
You are. Why do you think licenses have expiration dates? It legally authorises you to perform specific activity within specific timeframe. Any activity without license is illegal.
By same logic you can't stay in the house you legally rented previously.
No, you're being intentionally oblivious to justify something negative. You have done something illegal, that is not in contest. But people are not labeled "illegal" when their license expires. They're called out based on the specific thing they did. You can say "this person migrated illegally", that's different than saying "this person is an illegal", as if their very existence and presence is illegal, that's the insinuation and you're intentionally avoiding that. The fact that migrating illegally is is indeed illegal, and that illegal migrants, or those who stay here illegally must be removed has not been contested by anyone serious. You're advocating a stance that goes further than that and dehumanizes these people. You should lookup the videos of wailing children in detection camps with no heating in winter, migrants being strangled to death and beating in black sites, even US citizens being abducted and removed from the country - that's the propaganda you're supporting by claiming the people themselves are illegal as opposed to they committed something illegal and need to face lawful consequences. You don't need to be cruel and inhumane to enforce the law (in fact this is specifically prohibited by the constitution). There are people that enjoy and revel in the inhumanity and cruelty, I hope you're not on that side of things. It might cost a lot, but it is reasonably possible to locate, lawfully process (courts/lawyers) and remove every person that is not present in the US lawfully.
> By same logic you can't stay in the house you legally rented previously.
If you did, you'd be called a squatter, not "an illegal". Even squatters who take over someone's home have rights. Everyone gets due process. You foolishness is that you think because they're migrants, however they're treated won't affect you. I don't care what demographic group you're in, you'll be called an illegal soon enough. Words matter, the whole law is just a bunch of words.
Normally I wouldn't dignify the emotional word salad with a response, but it is important to state few things.
You conceal substance beneath a pile of semantic shenanigans. If someone stays in the country illegally, their presence in the county is illegal and law enforcement on that matter is warranted. You can call them saints if you like, it still doesn't make their presence legal. No matter if they entered the country legally and overstayed their visas, or plainly entered the country illegally. No matter how much leftist media make emotional appeals and frame it as "child dying" or any other sorts of manipulations you are trying to parrot as well - it remains illegal.
There are NO US citizens detained or "abducted" by ICE, provided they comply with due procedure for establishing their legal status. You are lying. There are possibly cases where ICE had to do checks on people who decline to confirm their status, which warrants further investigation.
I appreciate your concern regarding myself being called illegal, but let me assure you I am totally fine and will be totally fine, even being not a US citizen.
