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A legal resident and a citizen, in the context of immigration, are entirely different things.
It does actually imply she is an immigrant.
Saying "legal resident" implies "green card holder", not "citizen".
My original comment didn't say legal resident, it said in the country legally. Citizens in the country are in the country legally
Your second comment did, and the first has the same implication.
Take the L. You are incorrect.
How is it incorrect to say citizens are there legally?
I wasn't solely referring to her, I was talking in general about people who are in the country legally. To you that doesn't include citizens?
It doesn't have the same implication, not to me. I explained that I'm literal minded because I'm autistic. It's legal for her to be in the country, she's in the country legally. Not hard to understand. She's either there legally or not there legally.
Only if you ignore all context.
Your numerous replies show you understand this. I'm going to be done chatting with you about this now.
Enjoy your day.
In context, I was referring to all people who are in the country legally. Does that not include citizens to you?
Goodbye.
When you still reply after saying you wouldn't, it only encourages people to keep replying
Sending you some solidarity, fellow autist. I understood what you were getting at. 🤜🤛
Thank you. It is so frustrating to be misunderstood. And people have even downvoted comments where I explained that I have communication difficulties because I'm autistic. That kinda hurts. Where's the compassion for people who are different?
Surely the phrase "people who are in the country legally" should be understood in this context to include citizens. ICE is detaining even people who are in the country legally. That means citizens as well as legal immigrants. And people think that's somehow incorrect? Like the dichotomy of legal vs illegal only applies to immigrants? ICE accused the woman of being in the country illegally, she was in the country legally by virtue of being a citizen. It's frustrating because some people seem to think I thought the woman was an immigrant. Admittedly, I also seem to have misunderstood the intent of the comment that started this but again, I interpret things differently sometimes because of my autism.