More about the phrase "illegal immigrants"

More about the phrase : "Illegal Immigrants"

Introduction:

The below is part of a dialogue I have been having with a friend concerning the phrase "illegal immigrants". He is of the opinion that the phrase is loaded with racist and "dehumanizing" overtones. He cites the injunction against its usage issued by the Associated Press Stylebook in 2013 and some surveys of the Latino community to back up his distaste for the phrase. I, on the contrary, think there is nothing with the phrase at all. To me, the phrase describes the facts and the situation as they are. Moreover, I think there are elements of sophistry in the arguments used by the people against the phrase. 

1. Let's be logical here for a change, and that may require more than a second. The reason why people like you and the AP Stylebook folks and the general populace think the construction "illegal immigrants" refers to the "undocumented immigrants" from south of the border is simply because there are tens of millions of them. But that does not preclude the construction from applying to a white European person if that person enters the U.S. illegally. 

2. Of course, the Latinos feel offended by the phrase 'illegal immigrants" because they have a guilt complex. They either violated immigration laws themselves or their kinsfolks did. No surprise there at all for me. Please, think and apply logic while thinking. 

3. I have touched on this point before. So either you overlooked it or it didn't penetrate your consciousness and that of those who thought they cleverly and ingeniously deconstructed the word "illegal" and wondered out loud why it is not combined with other offended activities other than "immigration". The reason is, my dear Mr. Watson, simply that illegal entry to another country amounts to encroachment on the territory of the existing inhabitants. It is not much different from trespassing and peaceful invasion by sheer numbers. So it should not be a surprise to you or to anybody who is intellectually honest to realize that the current inhabitants of the land get very emotional about the issue and cry that the unlawful act of the migrants and long-to-be immigrants is illegal. Granted, the adjective "illegal " is grave, but the potential loss of control of one's own country from relentless intrusion and incursion from millions of unwanted migrants who speak a different language and possess a different culture is a grave matter indeed. You have a lot of empathy and sympathy for the Latinos, but apparently none for those Americans who feel threatened and overwhelmed by waves of migrants from the south, with no respite in sight.

4. Unlike you, I have no ambition none whatsoever "to be in the forefront of history and make history than be swept by the historical tide of inevitable changes." That sounds too lofty, grandiose, and ego-stroking to me. I just have a simple desire to be free of thought and speech police, and to speak a language---any language---clearly, truthfully and logically, free of sophistical elements, and with no double talks and standards.