(foxnews.com) A Florida lawmaker wants the state to stop using the term “illegal aliens,” saying the second word should be changed to something less … foreign.
“I personally find the word ‘alien’ offensive when applied to individuals, especially to children,” Sen. Frederica Wilson told The News-Press. “An alien to me is someone from out of space.”
“We don’t say ‘alien,’ we say ‘immigrant,’” she said.
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She said she’s not as concerned about the use of the word “illegal” in the expression, but “I like ‘undocumented’ better.” (source)
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In Hollywoodland, the word “Alien” has been mostly associated with visitors from outer space. In the REAL WORLD, the same word is defined and understood as follows:
1. a resident born in or belonging to another country who has not acquired citizenship by naturalization (distinguished from citizen).
2. a foreigner.
3. a person who has been estranged or excluded.
The question for Sen. Wilson here is “Which world does she live in?”
GROW UP AND DO SOMETHING MORE MEANINGFUL FOR YOUR STATE!!
