The Associated Press says it is no longer appropriate for reporters to use the term “illegal immigrant.”
The organization announced that its AP Stylebook — the language and grammar guide used by news organizations across the country — will immediately stop approving the phrase.
“The Stylebook no longer sanctions the term ‘illegal immigrant’ or the use of ‘illegal’ to describe a person,” senior vice president and executive editor Kathleen Carroll said in a post Tuesday on the AP website. “Instead, it tells users that ‘illegal’ should describe only an action, such as living in or immigrating to a country illegally.”Read the full story HERE.
I myself much prefer 'CRIMINALS'. Better yet, 'UNDOCUMENTED DEMOCRATS'. Maybe the AP could get these folks to stop using the term as well:
MacMillan Dictionary
U.S. Legal
Cambridge Dictionary
Longman Dictionary.....to name a few.
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