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    'Illegal Immigrant' Dropped From Associated Press Stylebook

    By Andrew O'Reilly

    Published April 02, 2013

    Fox News Latino


    The Associated Press has done away with the term “illegal immigrant” as part of their Stylebook, saying that the term “illegal” should describe only an action, such as living in or immigrating to a country illegally.

    The discussion over the proper term to describe someone living in the country without legal residence has been debated in newsrooms across the country for a while, with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist-turned-activist José Antonio Vargas calling for both The Associated Press and the New York Times to drop the term “illegal immigrant” in favor of “undocumented immigrant” – which has become popular among pro-immigrant groups and some news outlets, including Fox News Latino.

    “The discussions on this topic have been wide-ranging and include many people from many walks of life,” said Kathleen Carroll, The Associated Press’ senior vice president and executive editor, according to the news wire’s blog. “Change is a part of AP Style because the English language is constantly evolving, enriched by new words, phrases and uses. Our goal always is to use the most precise and accurate words so that the meaning is clear to any reader anywhere.”

    While the AP has done away with the controversial term, the new Stylebook entry does not include a word or phrase to replace it. Instead it calls on the use of “illegal” only in regards to immigration and that the terms llegal alien, an illegal, illegals or undocumented should not be used except in direct quotations.

    The AP announcement drew approval and criticism from both sides of the immigration debate, with pro-immigrant groups praising the move as a step forward in journalism.

    “It is really great to see the AP taking a stance in fair journalistic practices,” said Runku Sen, the president of the racial justice organization The Applied Research Center. “It is a major developed that immigrant communities have been working on for a longtime.”

    Restrictionist groups, however, claim the change is another move by the media to side
    with undocumented immigrants and the so-called “amnesty” movement.

    “We’ve watched them actually play damage control for the crimes committed by these illegal immigrants and the amnesty movement,” said William Gheen of the Americans for Legal Immigration PAC.

    Restrictionist groups argue that the term “illegal alien” is in the U.S. legal code and that watering down the terms inserts a form of partiality in the reporting.


    “They’re shaping these terms to fit this politically correct mold,” said Bob Dane, of the Federation for American Immigration Reform. “What they’re really doing is interjecting a form of bias in their reporting.”

    The Associated Press last April defended its choice at the time of the “illegal immigrant” terminology, as opposed to “undocumented,” which they argued made a person’s illegal presence in the country appear to be a matter of minor paperwork.

    “Many illegal immigrants aren’t “undocumented” at all; they may have a birth certificate and passport from their home country, plus a U.S. driver’s license, Social Security card or school ID,” Carroll wrote last year. “What they lack is the fundamental right to be in the United States.”

    On Tuesday, soon after the announcement of the AP’s change of terminology, the New York Times public editor Margaret Sullivan announced that the newspaper would also be reviewing its use of the term “illegal immigrant.”

    “I hope the AP’s change puts the onus on the New York Times to make the change themselves,” said Sen, from The Applied Research Center. “The AP is now reflecting these journalistic changes happening at a local level.”

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    More political correctness that keeps people from saying what they want. 'Undocumented immigrant' is not always correct either technically. Some of them have documents, such as fraudulent docs, perhaps an expired visa or matricular consular card. Not surprising the AP has done this. And we are not a 'restrictionist' group. That offends me! So there! More appropriate would be a 'rule of law group' since we just want our immigration laws enforced and we are for legal immigration. So upside down so many things are.
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    The reporters who banned “Illegal Immigrant”

    By: Michelle Malkin
    4/3/2013 03:57 AM

    File this in the overflowing cabinet labeled: No Wonder the Mainstream Media Is Dying. On Tuesday, the Associated Press announced that it is banishing the phrase “illegal immigrant” from its famous stylebook. The world’s largest newsgathering outlet now advises reporters that “illegal” will “only refer to an action, not a person.”

    AP directs writers not to use the terms “illegal alien, an illegal, illegals or undocumented” anymore, except “in direct quotations.” It won’t be long before illegal border crossers, illegal visa overstayers, illegal deportation evaders, document fraudsters and illegal alien traffickers are all referred to as “our fellow Americans.” Without the quotations. Mark my words.

    AP explains that it wants to stop labeling people. Hah. This is the same organization that employs journalists who have repeatedly shown naked bias against tea party members, gun owners and pro-life activists. AP’s most famous White House correspondent, Jennifer Loven, was such a shameless water-carrier for the Democratic Party that she earned the permanent nickname “Democratic operative Jennifer Loven” on the Internet. In 2010, she left AP to join an official Democratic-run lobbying and communications firm in D.C. Same difference.

    I propose that we banish the term “journalist” when referring to members of mainstream news organizations who pose as neutral news-gathers while carrying out a blatantly ideological agenda. From now on, AP’s staffers shall be described in my columns as “alleged practitioners of journalism” or “journalists” only when using direct quotations.

    But I digress.

    Just a few years ago, the AP resisted open-borders demands and the pressure of political correctness in favor of pithiness and precision. In 2010, a member of the “Diversity Committee” of the Society of Professional Journalists launched a campaign “illegal immigrant” and “illegal alien.” The crusading “journalist” argued that foreign law-breakers should instead be labeled “undocumented workers” or “undocumented immigrants.”

    As I told Daily Caller reporter Matthew Boyle at the time, the idea that “undocumented workers” and “undocumented immigrants” are more objective labels than “illegal immigrants” is complete and utter nonsense. The euphemisms that mainstream “journalists” favor are far more politically loaded than the ones they’re trying to replace.

    It’s a farce to call someone an “undocumented immigrant” whose pockets are overflowing with fake, fraudulent documents — and that is usually the case with many of the suspected illegal immigrants featured in AP stories. (Moreover, it is inaccurate to call someone whose employment history, criminal record and welfare status are unknown an undocumented “worker.”)

    At the time, the AP agreed. AP’s deputy standards editor David Minthorn told Boyle three short years ago: “The AP Stylebook created its entry on ‘illegal immigrant’ in 2004, in response to renewed debate over border security and the enforcement of immigration laws after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Together, the terms describe a person who resides in a country unlawfully by residency or citizenship requirements. Illegal immigrant … is accurate and neutral for news stories.”

    So what changed? “Journalist” Kathleen Carroll, AP’s executive editor, attributes the move to the “evolving” English language. I attribute it to the “evolving” transformation of once-neutral news organizations into brazenly transparent satellite lobbying outfits for the left. It’s not media bias that’s the problem, of course. It’s the sanctimonious pretense of objectivity to which these alleged practitioners of journalism cling.

    Just look at the ABC News coverage of the AP’s decision. “Journalist” Cristina Costantini praised the move and patted her own colleagues on the back for their progressivism. “Fusion, the ABC-Univision joint venture, does not use ‘illegal immigrant’ because we believe it dehumanizes those it describes and we find it to be linguistically inaccurate.” On her Twitter account, “journalist” Costantini gushed that AP’s capitulation came “thanks to the hard work of great people like @joseiswriting.”

    “@joseiswriting” is Jose Antonio Vargas, the former Washington Post reporter who spearheaded the whitewashing of our language and our laws on behalf of illegal aliens. In 2011, with great fanfare and elite media sympathy, Vargas publicly declared himself an “undocumented immigrant.” Except, as he himself confessed, Vargas had documents coming out of his ears — including a fake passport with a fake name, a fake green card and a Social Security card his grandfather doctored for him at a Kinko’s.

    As I previously noted when Vargas shed his “journalist” costume in favor of full-fledged activist, he had committed perjury repeatedly on federal I-9 employment eligibility forms. An immigration lawyer advised him to take responsibility for breaking the law and return to his native Philippines. Following the rules would have meant a 10-year bar to reentry into America. Making false claims of citizenship is a felony offense. Document fraud is a felony offense. Instead of accepting responsibility, Vargas used a friend’s address to obtain an Oregon driver’s license under false pretenses and duped his employers until the golden moment to confess — without any fear of punishment under the illegal alien-friendly Obama administration — arrived.

    The persistent use of open-borders euphemisms championed by Vargas and Company once again serves as the perfect illumination of the agenda-driven, dominant progressive media. They’re as activist inside their newsrooms as Vargas is out in the open. Vargas won’t rest until the legal definition of American citizenship is obliterated. And neither will his “journalist” colleagues cheering him on, whitewash brushes in hand.

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    "a non-U.S. citizen who has been living in the country without proper authorization."

    (From a real news article, 4/3/2013.)

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