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Old 12-20-2012, 07:07 AM   #57
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Undocumented immigrants.

Calling people "illegals" is actually pretty offensive as you thought when typing that but without a different term to use. "No, you're not legal" sounds a bit like "you should have never been born." Their immigration status may not be legally validated, but their existence itself isn't illegal.
I feel the same way about the terminology; hence my " " around the word when first used in my response. I much prefer undocumented immigrant.
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