Fla. May Ban Use of Term "Illegal Alien"
An enlightened legislator in Florida has introduced a bill to ban the phrase "illegal alien" from state documents.
"I personally find the word 'alien' offensive when applied to individuals, especially to children," said Sen. Frederica Wilson, D-Miami. "An alien to me is someone from out of space."
She has introduced a bill providing that: "A state agency or official may not use the term 'illegal alien' in an official document of the state." There would be no penalty for using the words. In Miami-Dade County, Wilson said, "we don't say 'alien,' we say 'immigrant.'"
The better phrase, as I've used here on TalkLeft for years, is "undocumented resident." I hope this bill passes...and spreads.
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