amnesty

WHY IS NORTH CAROLINA GIVING THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES A FREE "PASS" ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION?

Have we given up because everyone in North Carolina perceives their policies to be so similar? Or do we believe the candidates for state government's claims that they can fix the problem?

"It's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or ANTI-IMMIGRANT SENTIMENT or anti-trade sentiment AS A WAY TO EXPLAIN THEIR FRUSTRATIONS."

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This rant has been coming on for some time. I started getting angry when Republicans began to co-opt words and phrases for their own use, usually giving them a negative twist. I became even angrier when the rest of us stood by and let it happen. What has finally set me off is the negative reaction I get when I use the word "amnesty" during discussions about undocumented workers and other people in this country illegally.

Amnesty is not a dirty word, however there are quite a few others used during this debate.

Xenophobe, protectionist, illegal, bigot, alien......and the list goes on.