Quote Originally Posted by thepyrofish
Not to be picky sarge, but dictionary.com defines immigrant as:


Therefore anyone who chooses to settle in America is an immigrant, whether they do it legally or not, making the term valid.


Other than that I agree with you completely.
Many are migrants. They don't plan on staying here. They just come up for the work and send the money back home to their families.

I wonder if employers would be able to up the wages of the low paying jobs and make them more palatable if they didn't have to pay the higher taxes associated with the costs of illegals.

By the way, looking up the definition of "immigrant" without including the word "illegal" gives an incorrect context.