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There needs to be a clear distinction between immigrants and illegal aliens. They are not the same.
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Anonymous 14w

No person is illegal themselves. Undocumented maybe, but the casting of “illegal” onto human beings is simply to dehumanize them.

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Anonymous 14w

When you enter a country without the proper legal documentation you have broken a law. You are now in that country illegally. That makes you an illegal immigrant. You are there without permission and have willingly broken the law. There is nothing dehumanizing about calling out people who willingly have broken the law.

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Anonymous 14w

And refugees.

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Anonymous 14w

DACA citizens and medical refugees are being arrested by ICE as well?? A 8 year old girl who was dying of brain cancer was intercepted and arrested by ICE on her way to an emergency doctor’s appointment…

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 14w

No they did illegally come into the country. That makes them illegal to be here

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 14w

Fr

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 14w

Yes, it is dehumanizing when people are so desperate to escape their own dangerous situations that they flee to another country and put their lives at risk

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 14w

They immigrated illegally, therefore they are an illegal immigrant.

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 14w

There are legal ways for them to do that. They choose not to

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 14w

pretty sure nearly most american citizens would be considered illegal immigrants then- mexico and native lands were stripped by colonizers… just a heads up

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 14w

How do you know that? Many immigrated legally and overstayed or were children brought here, etc.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 14w

And why did they immigrate? Who created the circumstances for them to have to leave to survive? They are snatching people who are LEGALLY following the systems. They show up to court and take people who are following the proper procedures. And they are only really doing it to POC not the many Europeans who are here “illegally”. Also we don’t have a proper channel to citizenship. The system is broken, and so they do what they can. What we need is comprehensive reform not sending people to

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 14w

Countries where they can’t really survive simply whilst we cut the nose off our face to spite them when we need them. They pay taxes despite never benefiting from them. We are harming ourselves. Legal doesn’t mean morally correct.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 14w

so they are staying past their legal time, illegally😂

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 14w

It’s almost like the vast majority of illegal immigrants come from Latin America not Europe and the ones that do come from Europe should be deported too. And honestly do you have any figures for how many “innocent legal immigrants” have been deported cause of ICE? Not trying to be sarcastic but if you can provide me evidence that it’s happening on a large scale I’m more than willing to change my position on the matter.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 14w

“We need them” the people that need them are the business owners who like to cut cost by paying these people what equates to slave wages in the modern day. Those businesses save money by hiring cheap labor to exploit and not give them benefits. Since paying American workers is much more expensive and you can’t exploit them to the same degree. Those businesses act like they’re morally superior and are doing this out of the kindness of their hearts. When in reality they’re worried about losing $.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 14w

There is no such thing as immigrating legally and overstaying, because overstaying a visa is illegal, and getting a visa is not immigrating. Being brought as a child, while not the child’s fault, also is illegal, and thus they are illegal immigrants as well. Nothing you said was worth saying, nor does it affect my point. There are legal and illegal ways to move to a country. If you break the law you don’t get to be surprised and play victim when the longstanding and well-known punishment comes.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 14w

lol

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Anonymous replying to -> #8 14w

It’s a civil infraction, not a criminal one

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 14w

Have you ever looked at how to immigrate here? There’s no one pathway. It’s a DISASTER, so how are they supposed to survive. It can take up to 30 years to gain citizenship. What do they do in the meantime? There’s no effective way to resolve this and calling them illegal and deporting them costs us far more money in the long term than simply fixing our system to accommodate. I hope you never have to risk your life to immigrate and I pray no one ever treats you like you are treating them.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 14w

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/migrants-in-u-s-legally-and-with-no-criminal-history-caught-up-in-trump-crackdown https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/05/18/ice-tactic-deport-before-court-immigration/83515061007/ https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5337722-ice-arrests-migrants-after-dismissal/ https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ice-agents-chicago-migrants-criminal-histories-collateral-damage-rcna189478

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 14w

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/04/nx-s1-5282379/trumps-mass-deportation-arrests-of-non-criminal-immigrants-no-criminal-record https://apnews.com/article/trump-venezuela-el-salvador-immigration-dd4f61999f85c4dd8bcaba7d4fc7c9af https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/venezuelans-deported-el-salvador-detention-abuses-rcna197125

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 14w

And I could continue. There are so many who are being arrested because of tattoos that they assume to be gang related because they are on brown skin. It’s sickening. No due process for them means no due process for anyone, you should be very very scared of that.

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 14w

wait this was funny? do you have your own opinions or do you let the government decide for you?

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 14w

If they were truly having to risk their life then they should have applied for asylum. If they didn’t do that and instead crossed the border illegally and without documentation then they have no reason to think they would be allowed to stay. No one should be more angry about the problem than legal immigrants.

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 14w

I think with my mind, rather than letting pure emotional propaganda determine my every standpoint, as you do.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 14w

Crossing the border, other than with permission at a designated port of entry, is, in fact, a criminal offense.

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 14w

There is absolutely no way your IQ is triple digits

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 14w

‘emotional propaganda’ instead of just ‘propaganda’ — good to know you may be aware of your lack of empathy. regardless, definitely a assumption nonetheless. personally i listen, read, watch from many outlets; ive also registered to listened to american propoganda that’s been used on other countries. the american values are not upheld equitably— so what happens when your ‘illegal aliens’ have a child born on u.s. soil?

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 14w

lmk how you’ve come to that conclusion!! ❤️

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 14w

By using common sense ❤️

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