Well, saying "foreign national who (a) crossed the border without authorization or (b) over-stayed a formerly valid student/employment visa in contravention of United States law" gets to be a bit of a mouthful. Congratulations on finding a Hispanic author who caters to the Hispanic community who ran an op-ed piece going ballistic over semantics. http://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/06/op...ant/index.html. There's the counter-point, for anyone who is interested (also written by a Hispanic author, interestingly).