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Rep. Castro Proposes Law to Stop Government from Using ‘Alien’ to Describe Foreigners
Cybercast News Service ^ | October 26, 2015 | 11:06 AM EDT | Eric Scheiner

Posted on 10/26/2015 9:59:51 AM PDT by Olog-hai

U.S. Rep. Joaquín Castro (D-Texas) wants the federal government to drop the word “alien” from laws and documents because “when you use the word ‘alien’, you think of Martians and people from outer space.”

Castro introduced the The Correcting Hurtful and Alienating Names in Government Expression (CHANGE) Act last week. The measure removes the term “illegal alien” and replaces it with “undocumented foreign national” in federal law and government documents. …

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Mexico; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: aliens; alinsky; controlthelanguage; joaquincastro; liberalagenda; martians; orwellian; undocumented
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1 posted on 10/26/2015 9:59:51 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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Controlling the language leading to controlling the people. Something that Orwell pointed out, IIRC.


2 posted on 10/26/2015 10:01:11 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Can we still describe some members of Congress as “crack-pots” & “air-heads?”


3 posted on 10/26/2015 10:02:35 AM PDT by Ohioan
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To: Ohioan

Can we just hope that the PC, mind controlling bastards just go to hell.....I want to take my country back!!


4 posted on 10/26/2015 10:05:08 AM PDT by pallmallman (Q)
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To: Ohioan

My answer...

NO!!

Make our Free Republic great again!!

You know if you read the papers
Or watch TV
Everybody’s saying
We aren’t what we used to be

People out of work
And losing their homes
Taking any kinda job
Living close to the bone

While the fat cats in Washington
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Like a bunch of drunken fools

We may be down for the moment
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If you think you got us
Were coming back have no doubt
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So when they start tryin to tell you
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Realize what they’re sayin
Is like rope a dope

They just want to control you
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Then they run everything
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Get a job with the government
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So stop buyin the paper
And don’t watch TV
If a company supports em
Don’t give them your money

Tell Em that you’ve had it
Stand up and shout
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Cast a vote for someone else
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We may be down for the moment
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If you think you got us
Were coming back have no doubt
Cause Americans only know how to win
C’mon now people,

Make our Free Republic great again!!


5 posted on 10/26/2015 10:06:30 AM PDT by 100American (Knowledge is knowing how, Wisdom is knowing when)
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To: Olog-hai

Fine, lets call them foreign squatters.


6 posted on 10/26/2015 10:12:48 AM PDT by drunknsage
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To: Olog-hai
“when you use the word ‘alien’, you think of Martians and people from outer space.”

Hey dopey, did the Founding Fathers think of Martians and people from outer space when they used the word alien in the Constitution and other original laws in the 1700s and 1800s? Its not the word that is the problem, its the people it applies to. Changing the word doesn't change the people. We could change the law to officially call them "hard working undocumented saints" and, in 10 years, that would be a pejorative.

7 posted on 10/26/2015 10:13:56 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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Forgot to include this quote:
In a press release announcing the Change Act, Castro says, “Words matter, particularly in the context of an issue as contentious as immigration.” …
Thanks for confirming your intention of creating a US Newspeak, Joaquin.
8 posted on 10/26/2015 10:13:56 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai


9 posted on 10/26/2015 10:14:41 AM PDT by Iron Munro (The wise have stores of choice food and oil but a foolish man devours all he has. Proverbs 21:20)
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To: Olog-hai
Castro is correct in saying " 'alien' invokes thoughts of Martians and invaders from outer space"

Those in the US illegally are invaders.

10 posted on 10/26/2015 10:15:05 AM PDT by grania
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To: Olog-hai

must read...rino dirtbags!!
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/10/26/pbs-documentary-house-freedom-caucus-founder-key-paul-ryan-luis-gutierrez-open-borders-effort/


11 posted on 10/26/2015 10:17:07 AM PDT by biggredd1
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To: Olog-hai

Crimigrants


12 posted on 10/26/2015 10:18:18 AM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (If a border fence isn't effective, why is there a border fence around the White House?)
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To: Olog-hai

And also clouds what exactly something is or isnt.

Illegal foreign invader would work for me.

Lawbreaking foreign border crosser would be accurate to.


13 posted on 10/26/2015 10:25:55 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Olog-hai

another lipstick on a pig ploy


14 posted on 10/26/2015 10:27:06 AM PDT by drypowder
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To: grania

How about we bring back “Wetback” always liked that.


15 posted on 10/26/2015 10:29:01 AM PDT by Robe (Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
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To: Olog-hai
The measure removes the term “illegal alien” and replaces it with “undocumented foreign national”

Why ? Many of them with multiple felony records and deportations are not "undocumented" their crimes are very well documented.

16 posted on 10/26/2015 10:33:44 AM PDT by Timocrat (Ingnorantia non excusat)
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To: Olog-hai

Alien simply means something or someone who does not come from where it is.
The illegals and not indigenous to the USA, don’t belong here and have come here by violating our laws, so they are illegal aliens. Only a complete moron, i.e.,U.S. Rep. Joaquín Castro (D-Texas), would even think that they came from Mars or outer space.


17 posted on 10/26/2015 10:35:30 AM PDT by BuffaloJack (Political Correctness is Suppression of Free Speech. Thank the Commies for Political Correctness.)
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To: Olog-hai

So I have a little question....

Who and what country does Joaquin Castro represent?

If, for example, the United States were to declare war on the nation of Mexico tomorrow (as we did in 1846, and to some extent in 1915), whose side would he be on?

And if the obvious answer to that is not satisfactory, why should we go on pretending that he didn’t lie when he took the oath of office?


18 posted on 10/26/2015 10:38:10 AM PDT by Regulator
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To: Regulator

So I have a little question....

“Who and what country does Joaquin Castro represent?

If, for example, the United States were to declare war on the nation of Mexico tomorrow (as we did in 1846, and to some extent in 1915), whose side would he be on?

And if the obvious answer to that is not satisfactory, why should we go on pretending that he didn’t lie when he took the oath of office?”

Excellent point!

How about the 11 million plus illegal aliens? Who would they side with?


19 posted on 10/26/2015 10:46:09 AM PDT by joshua c (Please dont feed the liberals)
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To: Olog-hai

“The measure removes the term “illegal alien” and replaces it with “undocumented foreign national” in federal law and government documents.”

the word “illegal” needs to be in the description.....

-— Law authorities arrested 10 non-American illegal and undocumented law breakers from ... (and name the country). ——


20 posted on 10/26/2015 10:48:50 AM PDT by malia
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