Talk:Illegal alien

We should call them undocumented workers, this country was built by immigrants!!! We should never forget that. The chinese built the railroads, mexican immigrants to this day work hard on plantation fields, without immigration this country would not be the most powerful country in the world as it is today. Another acceptable term to be used to describe immigrants would be "undocumented immigrants", in my humble opinion. God bless all the hard working people in America.

The term should be "undocumented alien". "Illegal Alien" is a loaded term with a political agenda.

An activity is illegal, not a person. An alien is a person. We don't talk about illegal Lobbyists even though evidently some of them have broken the law. "Illegal immigration", is a descriptive and fair term, illegal alien is inflammatory.

To label a person as "illegal" is an example of dehumanizing a person for a political purpose.

Wikipedia articles in general seem to have an anti-"undocumented"-immigration slant even though in general this is a very contentious political issue.

Illegal alien is the term used in the statutes. 'Undocumented alien' came about in the Carter era as a more politically-correct term for them. If anything, undocumented is the term with a political agenda.

No Person is illegal, and in fact, the term "Illegal Immigration" would be more general. 143.93.160.2 08:15, 8 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Removed..... opinion with no factual backing

What Is Considered An Illegal Activity Under Immigration Law?

Here are some examples of the most common violations of United States Immigration laws:

Examples:

(This is not a complete list of violations.)

filing false statements on applications or petitions

making a false claim that you are a United States citizen

making, altering or using counterfeit immigration documents

making, altering or using counterfeit documents to support immigration applications or petitions

failing to report the arrival of illegal aliens

assisting or encouraging aliens to come to the United States in violation of the law

harboring an illegal alien

knowingly employing aliens who do not have permission to work in the United States

recruiting or referring for a fee aliens who do not have permission to work in the United States

failing to complete and maintain immigration Form I-9 for all new employees, whether citizens or aliens

failing to depart the United States when ordered removed (deported)

entering or attempting to enter the United States at a time or place which is not authorized

attempting to enter the United States by misrepresenting (lying about) material facts

entering into a marriage to circumvent the immigration laws

entering or attempting to enter the United States without permission after having been removed (deported)

assisting an alien to enter the United States for prostitution or other immoral purposes

Where Can I Find the Law?

The Immigration and Nationality Act is a law that governs the admission of all people to the United States. For the parts of the law concerning illegal immigration activities, please see INA § 212, INA § 235, INA § 271, INA § 272, INA § 273, INA § 274, INA § 274A, INA § 274C, INA § 275, INA § 277, and INA § 278.

United States

Restricting immigration to the United States has been driven by nativism, by economic fears of union busting, by a desire to manage population growth, by concerns of adverse impacts on public services, and by security interests.^{[citation needed]}

Why is this text being cut? -Will Beback 23:26, 13 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Moving day

The section on Methods is exactly the same as the equivalent section in Illegal immigration. It has been removed and a pointer made to that section.

Other US related stuff has been moved to the article Illegal immigration to the United States

Article move has now been completed. There is a redirect on the article. If anyone is unduly unhappy, you can always go back to an earlier version! However, the golden words are all there in their unaltered and pristine state in the articles Illegal immigration and Illegal immigration to the United States. Thank you. Wallie 18:58, 8 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for handling that re-merge. I've had this on my "to do" list for a long time. Illegal alien and Illegal immigration were duplicate articles at one point, though their content changed somewhat over the months. We might have some usfeul article under this title, but the old article was essentially a POV fork. Cheers, -Will Beback 21:20, 8 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your comments, Will. Wallie 19:30, 9 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]