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Why are we allowing the US to call illegal immigrants “illegal aliens”?

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KimGym · 27/01/2026 09:55

I find this absolutely sickening!!!! It’s a disgraceful term to use and I feel as though if the US are going to use this disgusting terminology, it should at the very least, be censored in other countries. It is so disrespectful and dehumanising. It’s this sort of language that leads people (hopefully only those who have lacked a basic education) to deem immigrants to be sub human, and paves the way for public acceptance of them being treated in a sub human manner. AIBU to think this is totally abhorrant?

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Sahara123 · 27/01/2026 09:58

In this instance the definition of alien is not being born of that country, they’re not literally calling them green beings from outer space

HobnobsChoice · 27/01/2026 09:58

It's always been the term they used. Sting sang about it in Englishman in New York

KimGym · 27/01/2026 09:57

Have just re-read, and my title might be a bit off. I don’t really mean that we’re “allowing” them, since we can’t really control the words they use. I just worry about a ripple effect of allowing this sort of hate speech to be so dominant in msm.

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BashfulClam · 27/01/2026 09:57

They have always used that term I remember them using it in the 80’s. We can’t just say ‘you know that term you’ve been using forever? please stop now!’

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