When you turn the word "illegal" into a noun, it's offensive. It's just as offensive as calling a Jewish person a certain word, or a black person a certain word, or an Italian a certain word, or a Muslim a certain word.
People are not illegal. Their alien status might be illegal. Their actions might be illegal. But the person himself - exists as a legal human being. There is nothing illegal about his existence. His presence in the USA might be illegal. But HE - is, by all legal definitions, a human being. Not "an illegal." That word, used as a noun, is offensive. It's also ignorant.
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