Wednesday, August 28, 2019

MAKING THE TERM ‘ILLEGAL ALIENS' DISAPPEAR

Take Rep. Joaquin Castro, who has introduced legislation that would strike "Alien" and "Illegal alien" from the federal law books and replace them with "Foreign national" and "Undocumented foreign national." The lawmaker's twin brother, Democrat presidential candidate Julian Castro, endorsed the measure.

Castro wants "Illegal alien" banished because it stigmatizes behavior -that is, being a foreigner present in the United States without authorization- that is unlawful.

The Left has to make the hordes of illegal aliens their various so-called immigration law reforms have unleashed on their fellow Americans over the years seem normal and acceptable.

This is also why the Left describes just about everyone touched by the nation's immigration laws as an "Immigrant" - whether they're illegal aliens or legal permanent residents.

Radicals who carry "No human being is illegal" placards at protests and Associated Press reporters agree with Castro that lying to destigmatize unlawful behavior is morally virtuous.

Although the likelihood of Rep. Castro's legislation making it all the way across Pennsylvania Avenue to President Trump's desk is somewhere between slim and none, federal lawmakers do occasionally banish unfashionable words from the statute books.

The city also calls drug addicts "People with the history of substance use," instead of "Substance abusers" in order to eliminate the stigma associated with illegal drug consumption.

https://canadafreepress.com/article/making-the-term-illegal-aliens-disappear

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