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Do all undocumented immigrants sneak across the U. Why hasn't the U. Talk to a Lawyer Need a lawyer? Start here. Practice Area Please select Zip Code.
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The broader lesson that I think should be drawn from this discussion is that the terms we use to refer to different groups of people are not merely neutral or impartial descriptions. Instead, the very words we use to understand our social and political world can not only influence political debates and opinions but may already carry with them implicit ethical judgments about how to structure and change our world.
How we should describe different classes of immigrants will depend partly and more broadly on what we envision justice in immigration to be. Each has a unique origin and connotation. Alien is a term used in legal language for a noncitizen resident, regardless of whether that person resides in the country legally or illegally.
The term in the United States is inherited from British law, and has been a legal designation for foreign-born residents since the Revolutionary era. While the term continues to be used by the Department of Homeland Security and the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement as a technical term in legal documents, it is not preferred in general discourse.
As alien is a word that is also associated with extraterrestrial life, it is perceived as dehumanizing when applied to immigrants. Illegal alien is a designation for unlawful immigrants that was previously widely used, but is now associated with anti-immigration policies and advocates. Though the adjectival usage of illegal illegal immigrant, illegal resident may have an anti-immigration connotation, it is still largely accepted. However, as a noun, illegal is highly offensive.
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