{"id":23795,"date":"2020-10-23T17:01:56","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T21:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=23795"},"modified":"2020-10-23T17:01:58","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T21:01:58","slug":"blue-checkmarks-twitter-immigration-terminology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2020\/10\/23\/blue-checkmarks-twitter-immigration-terminology\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Checkmarks on Twitter Don\u2019t Know Basic Immigration Terminology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
No intelligent person should rely on Twitter as their primary source of information, especially when it comes to public policy. But for better or worse, Twitter is <\/em>in fact a place where many people find their news. Twitter also gives a platform to public figures by marking their accounts with blue checkmarks<\/a>, indicating \u201cverified\u201d accounts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n During the most recent presidential debate, many of these public figures reacted with shock to President Trump\u2019s use of the term \u201ccoyote\u201d to describe professional human smugglers at the southwest border. Coyote<\/a> is, of course, the correct term and widely used by immigration experts, lawyers, journalists, and law enforcement to describe the people who charge fees to smuggle people across the southern border. <\/p>\n\n\n\n That did not stop some of Twitter\u2019s blue checked users from embarrassing themselves online. Below are examples of celebrities, \u201cactivists,\u201d and even journalists <\/em>misunderstanding the term and accusing President Trump of using the term as some sort of racial epithet. And trust me, there are many more<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n