I have never heard the word transplant use that way. I prefer to simply use "immigrants."
I have heard liberals emphasize "undocumented" instead of "illegal" which makes sense to me.
I have heard liberals emphasize "undocumented" instead of "illegal" which makes sense to me.
It's pretty common, I'd say, in the zeitgeist. As an example here's a popular content creator (Conan was on his show): https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vQ6TOleoCTY
It's really not that different in use. A right-wing commentator might say "Immigrants need to assimilate and put down roots here, not just bring their own culture here" whereas a left-wing commentator might say (as you see in the above clip, paraphrased): "Transplants need to put down roots here and volunteer to join the community"
A "popular content creator" is not a useful datapoint. They are doing things for attention, not actual work for building an inclusive civilization.
To be clear, I said and meant blue-tribe so that we can avoid discussions about whether the Dems are left or not.