Commentary: We've weaponized immigration rhetoric
by Leo R. Chavez, Los Angeles Times
Jan 31, 2018
2 minutes
A rose by any other name might smell as sweet, but that logic certainly does not apply to immigration-related rhetoric. Political leaders and activists have weaponized specific words in an ongoing battle for the hearts and minds of the American public.
Take "chain migration," an academic term in common usage on college campuses that has recently been overlaid with negative connotations.
Chain migration has, since the 1960s, referred
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