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I'm also going to agree with the idea that no person can be illegal. The whole idea makes me really uncomfortable and the term suggests that such people are somehow less than the rest of us. They may very well have done something illegal but calling the person illegal has very uncomfortable civil rights implications in my mind. Law breakers still retain the basic rights of personhood.
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I see your confusion. You think that when people say that somebody's "illegal" that they're saying that a person's existence is against the law, like somebody over 30 in Logan's Run.
That's not the case. It's part of "illegal immigrant" and just means that they don't have permission to be in the US.
It's like if somebody is in my house without my permission. That's illegal. Or, if you don't pay for a ticket before going to a movie. The person himself isn't illegal. He's just somewhere without permission.
Anyways, back to the video:
Since Arizona's unemployment is over 9%, it seems hard to believe that employers are having such a hard time finding people. Maybe the unemployed in AZ aren't sufficiently motivated.
And, if AZ needs people, they should lobby for more immigration. Then, they'd be legal. Win-win.