Referring to students as “English language learners” means that within the context of a global pandemic and rampant xenophobia an article can be written that suggests that the biggest challenge facing these students is that they are forgetting English https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/29/nyregion/coronavirus-english-language-students.html

The students and families described in this article are so much more than “English language learners.” Such a limited framing both overlooks the many challenges they confront and their resiliency in working to overcome them.

Me: People are dying.

NYT: But are they forgetting English before they die?

Me: Immigrant family struggles with food insecurity and housing instability have been exacerbated within the context of covid.

NYT: Let them eat English.