Reprinted from another source, no link. POWDERMAN. Top House Leader Asks Colleagues to Avoid Words "Illegal Immigrants" By CRISTINA COSTANTINI
As the first immigration reform hearing got underway today, an on-going debate over how to describe those without authorization took center stage.
At the beginning of the hearing, the
top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-MI) warned his fellow Representatives to avoid using the term “illegal immigrant.”“I hope no one uses the term illegal immigrants here today. Our citizens are not — the people in this country are not illegal. They are out of status. They are new Americans that are immigrants,” Conyers said.
But, it’s not just the Democrats who are concerned about language.
Last week, a center-right Hispanic organization sent a memo to GOP members of Congress instructing Republican lawmakers to use the term “undocumented” and avoid terms like “illegals,” “aliens,” and “anchor babies.” Some top media companies, including
CNN, ABC, and NBC, have made the switch to using “undocumented” or “unauthorized” to describe those in the country without authorization. However,
other media companies like The New York Times and The Associated Press, have held onto the term “illegal immigrant” despite recent pressure.
Conyers you enfeebled, delusional, rancid Mook. I guess the by now old saying "words do have meaning" escaped your Swiss-cheese brain!
"Our citizens"? "Out of status"? "New Americans that are immigrants"? Only a debilitated Democrat brain could entertain these terms and fables.
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