July 9, 2012   4,821 notes   

“ The term “illegal immigrant” was first used in 1939 as a slur by the British toward Jews who were fleeing the Nazis and entering Palestine without authorization. Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel aptly said that “no human being is illegal. ”

Why ‘illegal immigrant’ is a slur - CNN.com (via subalterity)

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