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marknutter • yesterday at 3:54 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

These semantic tricks are so tiresome. If you broke a law to enter the country, I'm sorry, but you're here illegally. No amount of redefining of terms is ever going to change that.


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SmirkingRevenge • yesterday at 9:37 PM

There is no semantic game going on here

Somewhere between half and a solid majority of undocumented immigrants came through ports of entry and have overstayed their visas. Again, this is not a crime

Or perhaps there is a semantic game, but it's coming from the other direction - from those who would demagogue immigrants in order to portray them all as scary, evil criminals

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