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  • This seems like a case where the euphemism is more insulting than the original. ;-) I don't think most illegal immigrants want to be Americans, they just want a job.
    • I don't think most illegal immigrants want to be Americans, they just want a job.

      They want to be in America and have American jobs, American freedoms, and American prosperity. That, there, is what it means to be an American.
      • Usually they just want their families to eat. I didn't know that was an exclusively American thing.
        • It's not about exclusivity. When you contrast what they want to what they have, they want what America has to offer, and so they come here.
  • Hmmm. Just wondering what clever name you would give your own family who orginally came here from somewhere in Europe to find a better life?
    • Hmmm. Just wondering what clever name you would give your own family who orginally came here from somewhere in Europe to find a better life?

      I was talking about illegal immigrants, not legal ones. However, my family certainly did want to be Americans, and I doubt they would have minded the moniker.
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