They call themselves “expats” or “expatriates.” Their argument is that they are not immigrants because they do not plan to stay in Mexican territory permanently.
However, he points out that for Mexicans, this term is absurd, because when the situation is reversed, Americans do not usually make the same distinction, that is, they do not differentiate between a Mexican who is going to live only a few years and another who is going to stay forever. If they would hardly do it, why should we do it?, says the TikToker.
On the other hand, he explains that the term in question has a social accompaniment that many people are suffering: how in many places in the country locals are being displaced and life is becoming more expensive to accommodate people who come from the United States without social empathy and expecting their language to be spoken.
American selfishness, for them an immigrant is the one who enters, while an expat is the one who leaves, but always from their country, that is, the United States as the center of logic, as if they did not conceive that from the perspective of another country they are the ones who arrive; they have the right to call themselves whatever they like, but the fact that they are immigrants will never be removed.
“I think they do not like the term “immigrant” because they use it to belittle others, so it makes them feel less”, “Our country is one of the few truly friendly countries, if they went to France or Japan they would be treated with indifference”, “Immigrants who come to the United States sometimes do the same thing: move and expect Spanish to be spoken”, “If that were the case, all Latin workers would be Expats”, are just some of the opinions and comments that Internet users made.
What is the difference between “migrant”, “emigrant” and “immigrant”?
Migrant, emigrant and immigrant are valid and correct ways of referring to the same thing: a person who leaves one place to settle in another. However, the noun emigrant focuses on the person who leaves his home, while immigrant refers to that same person, but from the perspective of someone who has already arrived at his new destination to settle there, according to Fundéu BBVA, a foundation sponsored by the Efe Agency and the Royal Spanish Academy, whose objective is to collaborate with the proper use of Spanish in the media.
Migrant: a person who leaves the place where he lives and arrives somewhere else, to settle and establish his home there.
Emigrant: a person who emigrates, someone who moves from the place where he has established his home (town, city, country), to settle in another.
Immigrant: a person who leaves his native country and goes to another, to establish his life there.
Source: heraldodemexico
