We wonder what to call them. Will it be "illegal immigrants" or "undocumented immigrants"? Or how about "illegal aliens," a harsh term that stirs up a likeness of them being invaders from another planet.
Tell me that's accurate.
I have another term, which accurately describes them -- or at least many of them. I wonder at using it as I discuss them in the future: "The poor fleeing from other nations."
"The poverty-stricken from Central and South America."
"The poor pouring in from other lands."
I do not think the term, "the poor from other countries," inaccurate, nor inappropriate. It is as accurate a description of them as there is. Perhaps if you want to be more complete, say, "the poor coming from other lands in defiance of laws that reject them."
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