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May 21Liked by Matthew Haviland

Good points. Would be even better if you did not take our Lord’s name in vain.

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I was conscious of doing that, and felt unsure about it. Truly apologize the hurdle there, because I understand how serious that is. Nevertheless, I was sort of going “First thought, best thought.”

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Now I see why this was top of mind for you. 🤣🤣🤣

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Yeah, lol. It's a go-to, and a fair question.

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Fair enough. Context matters. 🤣

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I prefer mercenary invader, myself, with how much the gov pays them for the invasion.

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Yeah, that’ll do it. And they’ll be the same people ready to do whatever the government asks, whenever. Good word.

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Anyone can migrate. I can move to the Southeast from the Northwest, and I’ve migrated. People can come to the US seasonally and are migrants if they migrate back when the work is finished. If I move to Canada, I’ve emigrated. If I enter a foreign nation illegally, I am an illegal alien to use proper English in the US Code. People serving the needs of illegal aliens use the name undocumented for people not having the right documents. What is wrong with the legal word? They are illegal aliens who have benefited greatly from our willingness to change our language so that we don’t really know what we are referring to, thereby contributing to the weakening our border by considering everyone is one of us. Immigrants who become citizens are overjoyed and proud to have become American citizens. Why aren’t we?

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If someone comes into the country to live here, rather than just to visit, it doesn’t seem to be what you’re referring to as “migration.” (2) The word changed overnight about four or five years ago, and whenever you see a word change all at once in the media, there is a reason for that. This one is pretty easy to see, for various reasons, including the softening of the sentiment of “illegal immigrant” or “alien” and, I think, the connotation that now it can’t be stopped, because all of a sudden, EVERYONE is a “migrant,” and again, I’m sure most would not fit your stated definition, so now everyone is, according to that kind of wording, just an unaccountable drifter. Very helpful connotation, for the government to have there, if they want to the borders to be destroyed like all the other Western nations’. (3) I don’t personally respect people who go somewhere for monetary gain and have no concept of the culture that they’re puncturing with their millions and millions of people who have a totally different culture, and speak a different language.

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I think you are agreeing with me. If an illegal alien obtains the status of Legal Permanent Resident, the person is a Resident, with a green card that states so. It does not confer citizenship, but allows the person to obtain certain government benefits.

But migrant means to move. Immigrate means “to enter.” Emigrate means to leave one nation and enter another nation. Alien is foreign as in foreign national. I picked up on the incorrect use of migration immediately. And JB’s new word “” newcomer

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May 18·edited May 18Author

Oh, god, Newcomer? That’s the worst, most infantile propaganda I’ve ever seen. Right behind Dreamer. Thanks for your response.

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May 18Liked by Matthew Haviland

The President used it at his SOTU.

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