What is the correct term: illegal immigrant or undocumented immigrant?
107729
The correct term and description is ILLEGAL Immigrant. The option to enter any country is always opened and available.But for some reasons best known to these people, they always seek for illegal ways to enter the country they desire. If u refer to them as UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTs, u make it look as if the government is relunctant, or inefficient at documenting immigrants.The Posts are there for them to be checked and documented but they always avoid the legal means. That makes both the act, and the actor ILLEGAL. For example, a visitor has the privilege to knock at your door and seek for entry, and you can allow him if he has  genuine reasons, but if he choses to come in through the window, then he is a burglar, and NEVER an undocumented visitor.
300653
if mexico is a state. then there is not such word being illegally or you cant get rid of them.
944034
Wherever the word CITIZEN appears.\n\nThere is a difference between a CITIZEN and an ILLEGAL ALIEN..\n\nMany MUSH-HEADS try to say it makes no difference, but even the LAW says so.
431191
This article should be a helpful starting point.\nhttp://www.city-journal.org/html/14_1_the_illegal_alien.html
509947
I think so, if i commited a crime, i should be punished, why are they different\n\nIsaque - I am not only talking of Latin immigrants, I am speaking of ALL ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. Key word Illegal. Illegal  = Crime. unless i am just wrong on that on, but as far as i know if someone tells me something is illegal and i go and do i just commited a crime.
667617
"Unlawful" is awful, and "illegal" is sick, \n\n...hardy har har ;-)
550085
I agree, illegal is the word, if they are here illegally they need to go back to their home country's and try to get here legally. We should have no tolerance for people that think that our laws do not count. There are many hard working people that want to come to the United States that are doing it the right way, and they should be honored.
541728
illegal is illegal...no matter how we sugar coat it...it's still illegal.  if we're going to change the terminology "criminal" is appropriate.
322311
From what I've heard, a lot of illegal immigrants are law-abiding, tax-paying citizens.  Law-abiding except for the illegal immigration, of course.
1059750
I musta missed somethin.Illegal isn't a slur,or a bad word.It's fact.
687551
Wouldn't it be tragic and racist if you were not to be accorded the same pathway of citizenship under the Senate Bill? Now the use of illegal alien term will be rampant  in relation to illegal immigrants advocates omitting "illegal" when talking about illegal immigrants- in order for lawyers to justify their case to approve someone under the amnesty bill. Technically, you're not illegal so I don't know if you will considered at all under the Bill unless you break  the terms of your student visa and become  an illegal, in its truest sense.
525739
infiltrated borders are basically people who have gotten past border security illegally\n\nillegal immigrants are the people who infiltrated the borders and managed to prevent getting caught
719423
Deported, Illegal is the magic word here, I wonder why so many do not understand that word, ILLEGAL = not legal.
684261
Not ALL people from another country are illegal . Just the people who come here without permission to do so and stay here and don't pay taxes.  Yeah, that's pretty illegal.  On the other hand, if someone comes here with a green card or something legal like that; it's all good.
862433
Right on, the word ILLEGAL is often forgotten or left out when immigration is mentioned.
601266
You must be a nonlaw abiding person. Illegal means illegal. They are breaking the law. So how are they helping are economy?
923542
it doesnt to me, illegal refers to anyone that isnt here legally, since most of the people that are here illegally are mexicans, then they are easily combined