Congressman uses racial slur while mentioning migrant workers.

[THE Bigzoman]

I got no problem with what he said. Im hispanic and i use that phrase to describe mexican immigrants.

seriously?

[Kymei]

OH NOES he said wetbacks, who is that offensive to again? Sorry this is the first time in 21 years I have heard that as being a racial slur. Let's conquer racism by focusing on meaningless words, give them meaning, and then shun anyone who uses them (without the intent of being racist).

[Itisamuh]

People are being overly sensitive about anything said by a republican? Nothing new. To be fair though, it does sound odd coming from a politician.

[Zallex]

All this uproar over the term wetback??

Get a grip

[Dasffion]

http://www.ncfh.org/docs/fs-Migrant%20Demographics.pdf here is your citation, 72% of all types of migrant workers are foreign born, with 68 percent from mexico.

But nothing about whether they are legal immigrants or illegal. The only thing it says about that is that there are varying levels of citizenship.

[Gamdwelf]

But nothing about whether they are legal immigrants or illegal. The only thing it says about that is that there are varying levels of citizenship.

Do you know nothing about the US immigration system?

[Dasffion]

Do you know nothing about the US immigration system?

Sure. Your implication though is that they're all people who swam across the Rio Grande to get here, thus the term he used was accurate.

I was asking for a citation for your claim that a majority of migrant workers are illegal aliens. You've yet to provide it.