Mellany Cunningham
ERHS senior
“Yes. It’s kind of rude to them, but if they don’t want to be called illegals than they should become citizens..”
Nadia Valdez
ERHS junior
“I’d say yes. ‘Illegal’, I just feel isn’t proper. I feel like they’re using a headline just to start up conflict.”
Carly Wilson
ERHS senior
“It is and isn’t. Because if you don’t want to be called illegal than you should become a citizen, but if you find it offensive, than you should probably stand up for your rights.”
Haley Meyer
ERHS senior
“I just never found illegal to be an offensive term. I just always know that if you’re illegal, it doesn’t mean you’re a bad person. It just means you came in here the wrong way.”
This article appears in Jan 15-22, 2015.