Should the term “illegal immigrant” be allowed on the floor of the Colorado House? Yes, and Democrats should know they can’t police speech.
Speaker of the House Julie McCluskie keeps order in the House chambers at the Colorado State Capitol in Denver on May 8, 2023, with only hours until the end of last year’s session, McCluskie attempted to get last-minute legislation passed.Somebody give the Democratic majority in the Colorado General Assembly a copy of the Bill of Rights, large print if available, and underline the First Amendment with a sharpie.
Illegal immigration is not merely a paperwork error but a trespass of law. The majority’s acceptable replacement words, meanwhile, are positive or neutral in order to frame the issue and Democrat’s preferred policies in the best light. Opponents of these policies are free to discuss the disproportionate costs borne by lower-income communities, schools, and hospitals, how costs impact government budgets and services for regular programs, the abuse of the asylum program, concerns about incentivizing more border crossings, and the fact that criminals do cross illegally into the U.S. and then commit heinous crimes including rape and murder.
Government officials cannot coerce or curtail speech. They cannot offer the false choice — utter our words or be silent. If Democrats persist in policing language, minority members should sue. In the meantime, they should exploit the memo’s loophole. As written, the only verboten plural noun is ‘invaders.
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