House bill would remove the term 'alien' from federal law

http://thehill.com/ ^ | 10/26/2015 | Lydia Wheeler

[massmike]

Rep. Joaquín Castro (D-Texas) has introduced the Correcting Hurtful and Alienating Names in Government Expression Act. The bill would remove the term "illegal alien" and replace it with "undocumented foreign national” and keep executive branch agencies from using “alien” or "illegal alien" in signage and literature.

"Words matter, particularly in the context of an issue as contentious as immigration," Castro said.

"Discontinuing our use of the term 'alien' will help lessen the prejudice and vitriol that for too long have poisoned our nation's discussions around immigration reform," he added.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Orwell was correct. Control the language to limit debate.

[taxcontrol]

Dems trying to redefine the language again.

[The_Media_never_lie]

Rep. Joaquín Castro (D-Texas) has introduced the Correcting Hurtful and Alienating Names in Government Expression Act. The bill would remove the term "illegal alien" and replace it with "undocumented foreign national”

Only when bank robbers are deemed undocumented withdrawers.

This post is satire. No one in congress could be a complete idiot.

[smokingfrog]

Screw you cASStro.

[Lazamataz]

We are 100% the Soviet Union in every way. I feel it is probable I need to make a huge sacrifice to damage the machine, and soon.

[envisio]

OK. Fine.

Illegal INVADER.

[Boogieman]

[combat_boots]

CHANGE act

[Gaffer]

I’m guessing that soon-to-be Speaker Ryan will bring this up for a floor vote after a rousing recommendation from one of his ‘select’ committees.

[Bogey78O]

This man is literally a retard.

[IronJack]

In other words, the term “alien,” though accurate, is doubleplus ungood?

[jsanders2001]

International freeloader will suffice...

[HarleyLady27]

P.C. alert!!! The ‘aliens’ are coming...the ‘aliens’ are coming...ops they are already here!!!!

[aimhigh]

If you have to keep changing the name of something because it becomes toxic, then it’s not really the ‘name’ that is the problem. Example: “liberal”

[Mastador1]

You know if this was put forward by some idiot in California there would be all sorts of abuse heaped on the entire residency of the state, yet when Texas goes above and beyond the lunacy of California liberals all I hear is crickets.

[Travis T. OJustice]

Just call them crimigrants.

[AlaskaErik]

They’ll always be illegal aliens in my lexicon.

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

Replace “alien” with “illegal criminal invader.”

[OpusatFR]

Call them interlopers instead.