Above all, however, Raskin’s decision to invoke Paine (and Jefferson) exposed the emptiness of the Democrats’ favorite phrase, “undocumented immigrants.”
“Most of our ancestors did not arrive here with documents,” Raskin said.
Indeed. Then they formed a country with a Constitution. And that Constitution plainly authorizes their representatives to make laws, including naturalization laws.
So the issue isn’t “documents.” It’s law. Illegal immigrants have violated the law. Hence the Democrats’ preference for the word “undocumented,” for it means nothing and effectively obscures the word “illegal,” which means everything.
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