The Makers of Lexicon Should Come up with a new Term: Illegal American

   Is American a title that comes with location -- if you live in America, you are an American?  Or, is it a title only for those who own citizenship?

   I think of another term we use, Illegal alien. An illegal alien is someone from another country who is not suppose to be here. Being here makes makes them illegal, so we call them illegal, and then we tack on that second word, alien, to signify that  they come from a foreign county.
   Not a very nice term, but we use it, anyway.
   The lexiconists tell us that the word immigrant is used to refer to a person moving to a new country, while emigrant is used to speak of someone moving away from a country. 

   So, what should we call those who arrive in this country? If they live in America, but its illegal for them to live in America, doesn't that make them . . . illegal Americans?

   Who would have ever thought there ever could be such a thing. Since when did it become illegal to be an American? Illegal American sounds like an oxymoron.

   Still, let's not throw out this term. It's a sight less derogatory than illegal alien.