CNN: \u201cThis is an undocumented immigrant…\u201d<\/p>\n
Steven Miller: \u201cThey were here ILLEGALLY\u201d<\/p>\n
CNN: \u201cI want this to be a good-faith discussion…\u201d<\/p>\n
Miller: \u201cWhen you use language designed to obscure the truth, that\u2019s NOT good faith. An ILLEGAL ALIEN is an ILLEGAL ALIEN. They\u2019re not \u2018undocumented immigrants\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
CNN: \u201cStephen, we\u2019re trying to humanize the debate…\u201d<\/p>\n
Miller: \u201cHumanize? Then let\u2019s humanize the Penal Code too. The bank robber becomes a \u2018specialist in unscheduled withdrawals\u2019. The con artist turns into an \u2018entrepreneur of alternative financial narratives\u2019. The guy who breaks into your house uninvited is just a \u2018visitor with pending documentation\u2019. How about that?\u201d<\/p>\n
CNN: \u201cThat\u2019s a crude analogy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Miller: \u201cCrude is pretending federal law vanishes because CNN\u2019s copy desk cooked up a cuddlier euphemism. \u2018Undocumented\u2019 sounds like someone who forgot their wallet in an Uber. No. It\u2019s someone who crossed the border without authorization, stayed, and now the press treats the legal statute like it\u2019s a matter of writing style.\u201d<\/p>\n
CNN: \u201cBut many contribute to the economy…\u201d<\/p>\n
Miller: \u201cAh, the classic argument: crime stops being crime if the person washes dishes or builds roofs. By the same token, the cigarette smuggler \u2018contributes\u2019 too, creates jobs in transport. Want us to call him an \u2018informal logistics entrepreneur\u2019? Would CNN go for that?\u201d<\/p>\n
CNN: \u201cYou\u2019re polarizing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Miller: \u201cNo. I\u2019m rejecting the marketing dictionary. You change the word, then accuse anyone who uses the legal term of being \u2018inhumane\u2019. It\u2019s the oldest trick in the book: first soften the vocabulary, then declare moral victory. The United States is tired of this theater. Call it what it is. Or admit the goal was never clarity\u2014it was narrative control.\u201d<\/p>\n
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