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Not only is it offensive, it's dehumanizing.
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Words matter. That should go without saying. But sometimes, without even realizing, prejudice slips into our conversations. One example: the word “illegals” as it’s used to describe immigrants living in the United States without proper documentation. The term comes up regularly these days due to President Trump’s much-talked-about Mexico border wall and controversial comments about Mexican immigrants, like when he referred to certain ones as “bad hombres” during a presidential debate last October. At face value, the term “illegals" may seem harmless. But it carries implications that are demeaning.
The term "illegals" is "offensive primarily because it criminalizes human beings, dehumanizing them by making them de facto criminals,” says Sarah Waxman, managing director for the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights in Chicago.
Though Waxman admits the term is not always used in an intentionally bigoted way, it “others” people all the same. “Once you’re identifying people as illegal, you’ve pretty much filed them away as not worthy of humane consideration and inclusion in civil society,” Waxman tells Teen Vogue .
Some argue that by not saying “illegal,” we dismiss the serious implications of living in the United States without documentation. But, as Cecillia Wang, director of the ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project, tells Teen Vogue , that people who use it very intentionally are often evoking a political agenda that is “anti-immigrant, xenophobic,” and “counter to the idea of integrated communities.”
Here are some other things to keep in mind about the term “illegals,” and why we should all work together to expel it from the vernacular.
According to Marta Delgado, an attorney at Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd. in Chicago, apart from just being dehumanizing, the term “illegals" is also technically inaccurate.
“People are not ‘illegal.’ Only actions can be illegal,” Delgado tells Teen Vogue , adding that unlawful presence in the U.S. is not, in itself, a crime.
Though it violates federal immigration laws to remain in the country without legal documentation, the violation is a civil offense, not a criminal one. That means an undocumented person may be deported for staying in the U.S. illegally, but not imprisoned for that act alone.
And, as Delgado points out, referring to these individuals as “illegals” incorrectly implies that their mere existence is illegal. To quote Holocaust survivor, author, and Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel, “No human being is illegal.”
“Illegals” has racist connotations, says Delgado, because it “is not used to describe all people who commit some unlawful act. It is a specific slur used to describe foreigners or people who are different than ‘us’ or don’t ‘belong’ here. Have you ever referred to someone who got a parking ticket as an ‘illegal’?”
In a 2012 New York Times opinion piece, writer Lawrence Downes noted how some prejudiced people see “illegal immigrant” as shorthand for “Latino.”
“For them, ‘illegal’ is a perfect slur, because it cloaks their bigotry with the sheen of virtue,” Downes wrote.
According to Pew Research Center estimates , most (52 percent) of the unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. in 2014 were from Mexico. Mexican immigrants in particular were the focus of many speeches Trump gave during his presidential campaign, according to The Washington Post . He has referred to them as everything from “criminals” and “drug dealers” to “rapists.” Meanwhile, as The Los Angeles Times reported this past September, hate crimes against Latinos soared in Los Angeles County in 2015 compared to the previous year.
According to Wang, the loaded nature of the term “illegals” only perpetuates these negative stereotypes against Latinos.
“[The word] evokes a certain image of who is illegal in our country,” says Wang, noting that the phrase isn’t usually applied to “people who are white, who were European immigrants, who were undocumented.”
Here’s what you should say instead:
Waxman suggests “undocumented immigrant” as the best alternative for “illegals.” In addition to being more precise, it also has more nuance, she says. “It acknowledges people’s status as immigrants … and differentiates them from, say, a visa holder by noting that they’re without legal documentation.”
Wang says that her number one rule when it comes to using labels for a group is to respect how those people identify themselves. “That’s something that’s not just limited to immigration,” she adds, noting that we see it with LGBTQ communities, particularly trans communities. “Let’s be clear of how we’re using definitions with one another so that there isn’t a confusion.”
It will take time before it loses prominence:
Delgado expects it will take time before we see “illegals” totally disappear from conversation. She points out how words like “wetback,” now recognizably derogatory, were once common epithets. (During President Dwight D. Eisenhower's administration, for instance, a 1954 mass deportation of undocumented Mexican immigrants was referred to as “Operation Wetback” ).
Luckily, the term “illegals” seems to be slowly getting phased out. In 2012, the Supreme Court decision to uphold Arizona’s “show me your papers” law — which requires police officers to determine the immigration status of people they stop or arrest whom they suspect entered the country without proper documentation — omitted the words "illegal immigrants" and "illegal aliens," except when quoting other sources , according to CNN. In 2015, Hillary Clinton vowed to stop using “illegal immigrants,” responding to criticism from immigration activists, according to The Guardian . And in 2016, the Library of Congress stopped using “alien” and “illegal aliens” in subject headings when referring to undocumented immigrants, replacing them with “noncitizens” and “unauthorized immigration,” according to The New York Times .
As attitudes shift and understanding spreads, use of the hurtful term will hopefully decrease. But until it does, Delgado says to be mindful of how those who want to spread fear will continue to weaponize it.
Use of the term "illegal" distracts "from the fact that it refers to a person who may have lived here for 20 years…or is a parent to U.S.-citizen children,” she says, adding that it's a diversion so you don't "understand the complete picture.”
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The police are reporting that three teens were arrested in connection with the seizure of a firearm on Lower Harbour Street in Falmouth, Trelawny, early Monday morning.
It is reported that about 1:30 a.m., a security team responded to a sensor alarm that went off in the area. The security officers reportedly saw the three minors walking along the roadway acting in a manner that aroused their suspicions. They were accosted and searched. A Browning pistol with an empty magazine was allegedly found inside a knapsack they were carrying.
The police were summoned and the firearm and the teens were handed over to the cops. Investigations continue.

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It’s yet another reason why parents need to keep a close eye on their kids’ involvement with social networking websites—during a three-year period ending in March 2012, members of a violent Virginia street gang used some of these websites to recruit vulnerable high-school age girls to work in their prostitution business.
After a multi-agency state and federal investigation, all five defendants pled guilty to various federal charges related to the sex trafficking conspiracy. The leader of the gang—27-year-old Justin Strom—was just sentenced on September 14 to 40 years in prison, while the sentences handed down for the other four defendants totaled 53 years.
Strom headed up the Underground Gangster Crips (UGC), a Crips “set” based in Fairfax, Virginia. The Crips originated in Los Angeles in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and since then, the gang has splintered into various groups around the country. Law enforcement has seen a number of Crips sets in the U.S. engaging in sex trafficking as a means of making money.
Protect Your Kids on Social Networking Sites
Talk to your kids about the dangers of being sexually exploited online and offline.
Make sure your kids’ privacy settings are high, but also keep in mind that information can inadvertently be leaked by friends and family…so kids should still be careful about posting certain information about themselves—like street address, phone number, Social Security number, etc. Be aware of who your kids’ online friends are, and advise them to accept friend requests only from people they know personally. Know that teens are not always honest about what they are doing online. Some will let their parents “friend” them, for example, but will then establish another space online that is hidden from their parents. Teens sometimes employ an “Internet language” to use when parents are nearby. For example: - PAW or PRW: Parents are watching - PIR: Parents in room - POS: Parent over shoulder - LMIRL: Let’s meet in real life
That’s certainly what was happening in Virginia. Strom and his UGC associates would troll social networking sites, looking for attractive young girls. After identifying a potential victim, they would contact her online using phony identities...complimenting her on her looks, asking to get to know her better, sometimes offering her the opportunity to make money as a result of her looks.
If the victim expressed interest (and many did, being young and easily flattered by the attention), Strom or one of his associates would ask for her cell phone number to contact her offline and make plans to meet.
After some more flattery about their attractiveness, sometimes hits of illegal drugs and alcohol, and even mandatory sexual “tryouts” with Strom and other gang members, the girls were lured into engaging in commercial sex, often with the help of more senior girls showing them the ropes. The girls might be sent to an apartment complex with instructions to knock on doors looking for potential customers…or driven to hotels for pre-arranged meetings…or taken to Strom’s house, where he allowed paying customers to have sex with them.
In addition to using the Internet, Strom and his associates recruited vulnerable young girls from schools and bus and rail stops. He also went online to find customers—postings ads on various websites showing scantily clad young women.
Some of the juvenile victims were threatened with violence if they didn’t perform as directed, and many were given drugs or alcohol to keep them sedated and compliant.
Strom and his associates did not discriminate—their victims were from across the socioeconomic spectrum and represented different ethnic backgrounds.
The FBI’s Washington Field Office worked the investigation alongside the Fairfax County Police Department, with the assistance of the Northern Virginia Human Trafficking Task Force.
After the group’s indictment in March 2012, then-Special Agent in Charge Ronald Hosko of our Washington Field Office reiterated the importance of working with our partners and community groups in combating these types of despicable crimes. He also said, “Trafficking in humans, especially for the purpose of underage prostitution, is among the most insidious of crimes…and the FBI will leave no stone unturned in our efforts to track down those who exploit our children and engage in human trafficking.”
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A 20-year-old Phoenix man accused of being in the U.S. illegally is now facing charges for allegedly impregnating an 11-year-old girl.
Carlos Jacinto Cobo-Perez, whom police say is an illegal immigrant, was arrested last week , FOX10 reported. The same day Cobo-Perez was taken into custody, the 11-year-old girl was taken to Phoenix Children’s Hospital and doctors determined she was pregnant. Investigators told FOX10 that Cobo-Perez admitted having sex with the girl in his car near her school, and said she told him he was the person who got her pregnant.
“He kept insisting. She's an 11-year-old girl. He’s 20. Almost 21. But he said he already knew what he wanted,” a man who identified himself as the girl’s stepfather told AZFamily.com . “He got in her head, and she fell for it easily.”
Police began looking into Cobo-Perez in November 2018 after the girl’s mother raised concerns the pair was in a relationship.

Carlos Jacinto Cobo-Perez has been charged with aggravated assault and sexual conduct with a minor.
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When investigators interviewed Cobo-Perez the following month, he allegedly told them he knew the girl’s age, he knew the relationship was wrong and he planned to cut off contact with her, FOX10 reported.
Court papers viewed by the station, however, say the girl’s parents found a letter from Cobo-Perez in which he allegedly said he knew he could go to jail for being in a relationship with someone underage, but he reportedly wasn't bothered by the risk.
Following his arrest last week, Cobo-Perez was charged with aggravated assault and sexual conduct with a minor and is being held in jail on a $150,000 bond.
“I was working, and I wanted to leave work and destroy him, to be honest,” the girl's stepfather told AZFamily.com after learning about her pregnancy.
The family told ABC15 that they intend to support their daughter, but want Cobo-Perez – who asked a judge during a recent court appearance if he could sign an order of deportation – to stay in custody.
“He needs to pay for what he did," a woman who identified herself as the girl’s mother told the station. "If they let him out and send him back, he’ll be able to come back pretty easily.”
Cobo-Perez is set to appear in court again May 28.
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