Posted on 09/25/2021 2:56:05 PM PDT by Olog-hai
California will strike the word “alien” from its state laws, getting rid of what Gov. Gavin Newsom called “an offensive term for a human being” that has “fueled a divisive and hurtful narrative.”
Newsom on Friday signed a law that removes the word from various sections of the California state code. California passed laws in 2015 and 2016 that removed the word from the state’s labor and education code.
But the law Newsom signed on Friday finishes the job by removing the word from all state laws. The word will be replaced with terms like “noncitizen” or “immigrant.”
“By changing this term, we are ensuring California’s laws reflect our state’s values,” Newsom said.
The federal government has used the term “alien” to describe people in the U.S. who are not citizens since at least 1798 with the passage of the “Aliens and Sedition Acts.” But Assemblywoman Luz Rivas, a Democrat from Arleta, said the word “has become weaponized and has been used in place of explicitly racial slurs to dehumanize immigrants.” …
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Probably’ ‘undocumented immigrant’
Well sometimes I’m an undocumented immigrant so that term work
Because you can’t talk about it if you don’t have a word for it... according to them.
Replaced with the bipartisan label “democrat”.
alrighty then... invaders it shall be...
Illegal Alien Invader Class
2some is out of this world.
“criminals”?
It’s a legal term and definition.
Why would they want to circumvent the law?
In law, an alien is any person who is not a citizen or a national of a specific country, although definitions and terminology differ to some degree depending upon the continent or region of Earth. More generally, however, the term “alien” is perceived as synonymous with foreign national.
Well it is in keeping with the national government’s attitude.
What used to be termed “muslim terrorists” are now referred to as “Trumpsters.”
Illegal aliens are outlaws.
I have said for 20 years that this would be where the Mexicans will go as they seek to deconstruct the United States as part of their colonization, i.e. Reconquista.
They believe that it’s their land, the Pope gave it to them, the American occupation is just that, they aren’t aliens here and they own everything up to the North Pole.
The only border they believe is legitimate is the Mexican border...when it controls those moving into the Mexican interior.
Newsome is legitimizing Invasion.
Someone said "If they did get documents they would read 'I am a criminal' violating the immigration laws."
Undocumented Democrat.
Most can get a handwritten note signed by their mothers. That's about it.
Governor Tiresome will change it from alien to voter.
I am SO CLOSE to praying I don’t wake up again...
“… has been used in place of explicitly racial slurs to dehumanize immigrants.…”
Mrs. VanShuyten was a legal resident alien at one time.
Who can we sue!
Because you can’t talk about it if you don’t have a word for it... according to them.
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The very concept of Newspeak.
“California will strike the word “alien” from its state laws”
I propose as the replacement “criminal invaders”.
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