Tuesday, May 11, 2004

New AP entry

The Associated Press Stylebook has added an entry on illegal immigrant: Used to describe those who have entered the country illegally, it is the preferred term, rather than illegal alien or undocumented worker.

I know of a couple of papers that call for "undocumented worker." I like "illegal alien" much more and am glad AP went this way. (What if that undocumented worker isn't a worker? And exactly which documents must they be missing to remain undocumented?)

2 Comments:

At 5:12 PM, May 11, 2004, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Why not cut right to the chase and call "illegal immigrants" what they really are: economic refugees.

 
At 11:22 PM, May 11, 2004, Blogger Paul said...

An economic refugee also includes folk like me - a legal migrant

 

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