Source: Washington Monthly
by James D Zirin
“The classic definition of an invasion is the incursion of an armed force into a country, the paradigm example being the Allied landing at Normandy in 1944. Normally, it means an army arriving to conquer or plunder. By this definition, the entry of an immigrant into the United States — whether seeking asylum or even illegally [sic] seeking employment — could never reasonably be considered an invasion. Legal dictionaries, however, sometimes define ‘invasion’ more broadly as ‘the act or occurrence of entering a place or domain in an unauthorized manner.’ This might apply to a home invasion by a burglar or a computer hack, neither of which definitions require armed force. In the Orwellian world of Donald Trump, however, the lie ‘passes into history and becomes the truth.'” (08/14/25)
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/08/14/have-we-been-invaded/