Is calling an illegal alien an undocumented immigrant is like calling a burglar an uninvited house guest?

Juan_Valdez
#1. March 12th, 2009, at 1:40 AM.

Yes. Illegal and Alien are LEGAL terms used to describe them. I refuse to be politically correct.

rhsaunders
#2. March 12th, 2009, at 1:53 PM.

No. A burglar is (by definition) one who enters enclosed premises for the purpose of committing a crime. Illegal aliens do not come for the purpose of committing crimes — with rare exceptions, they are simply looking for enough paying work to survive.

Diamante
#3. March 15th, 2009, at 9:17 PM.

Yep thats right on the money!

LA BORIQUA
#4. March 17th, 2009, at 10:45 AM.

yes it is i agree

pong_bing_ping
#5. March 19th, 2009, at 6:11 PM.

Sure is. Why do they try to sanitize it?

illegal is illegal, plain & simple.

briang731/ bvincent
#6. March 22nd, 2009, at 5:36 PM.

You’re right on the money! Thank you for that.

aneyasong
#7. March 25th, 2009, at 1:55 PM.

I’d say it’s alike, people are just trying to be politically correct

AdamKadmon
#8. March 26th, 2009, at 9:06 AM.

No, the logic while sounding “functional” is actually faulty.

Karen T
#9. March 26th, 2009, at 9:28 AM.

to call undocumented immigrants illegal aliens is the same thing that to call black people nig*r….

Bluealt
#10. March 28th, 2009, at 11:29 PM.

Undocumented is just a fancy word people use to try to get your attention away from the word ILLEGAL. That’s all it is. It still means that somebody is BREAKING THE LAWS OF THE USA. The ones that were established a long time ago.’

TweetyBird
#11. March 29th, 2009, at 1:50 PM.

One reason the Pres. of Me-hee-co won’t lift a finger to stop his people from sneaking in here is because he’s getting rid of a lot of petty criminals along with the rest of the uneducated and poverty-stricken. Let’s call a spade a spade, folks, they’re illegal and they’re alien.

hayleylov
#12. March 30th, 2009, at 10:57 PM.

yes its the same thing the burglar may think i am not going to hurt anyone i am just taking what i need it is the same thing and they know when they are sneaking across hiring a coyote that it is illegal otherwise they would not need to sneak in to do it therefore they know full well its a crime something they may feel is harmless since they want to better there lives but a crime no less

auntb93
#13. April 1st, 2009, at 6:56 PM.

No, it’s more like calling an illegal alien an uninvited house guest. We have no proof that the person is here to perform any illegal acts. His presence here is illegal because the immigration laws are in serious need of reform.

Of course, if he commits a crime, he should do the time, just like anyone else. But if I were a lawyer representing a person charged with violating the immigration laws, I would certainly include in my argument that the INS has made it so difficult to get legal that they are doing what motor vehicle laws do. When people must, they will drive a car, even without a license. When people must, they will cross a border to get work, even without a license.

Russell P
#14. April 3rd, 2009, at 10:22 PM.

Yes, it is much the same in terminology

prettiethings
#15. April 5th, 2009, at 9:19 PM.

If they are here without going thur the legal system they are Illegal Aliens!!!!

jardin
#16. April 6th, 2009, at 11:16 PM.

Well, “undocumented” is a nicer, more politically correct way of saying “illegal alien”.

“uninvited house guest” sure does sound safer, warmer, and friendlier than “burglar”.

Help, police, I have a burglar in my home.

Help police, I have an uninvited guest in my home.

Yeah, this PC stuff is getting silly.

MotherBear1975
#17. April 10th, 2009, at 1:00 AM.

A bit, I suppose, yes.

fr_chuck
#18. April 12th, 2009, at 1:42 AM.

it would be like calling the burglar an uninvited house guest, then the police making you let them stay and making you feed them and do thier laundry

chris b
#19. April 14th, 2009, at 1:13 PM.

If I showed up in your backyard rubbing your wife’s thigh, would you want me out of the Country or just dead?

Hold em Rox
#20. April 15th, 2009, at 3:24 AM.

Yes. Totally. Illegals Aliens are nothing BUT Criminal trespassers, last I heard Trespassing is a crime. Funny how some laws are enforced and other crimes aren’t .

alamahara
#21. April 18th, 2009, at 5:13 AM.

LOL Right! Can you blieve some of those ‘politically correct’ nuts? Bunch of whiney cry babies…you are what you are…if it ‘offends’ you than be something else!

oldfart
#22. April 20th, 2009, at 4:17 PM.

yes it is the same political correctness if you are pro illegal or a stupid person.

Nexus K
#23. April 21st, 2009, at 6:47 PM.

Hmm I always thought that burglars preffered to be called robbers or home invaders.heck with all the political correctness its tough to keep up.well hope i answered your question.