What should be the preferred terminology: Illegal or undocumented immigrants? (Poll)
You say tomato I say tomato. you say potato I say potato. You say undocumented, I say illegal. The Associated Press says “here illegally,” I say illegal!
The Associated Press's official guidance issued in 2013 is to describe someone as being here illegally, rather than "illegal immigrant," the distinction being that a person isn't illegal but his action is.
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