A news reporter told me:
""The news media came up with the terms "illegal immigrant" and "undocumented immigrant" because those terms are less offensive than "illegal alien". She also said "Many newspapers and medias computers "Spell Check" actually changes the word "alien" to "immigrant" automatically.""

So I looked up the terms under federal law.

The term "alien" is defined and used in federal immigration laws.

Reference to federal law: [url][url]http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.f6da51a2342135be7e9d7a10e0dc91a0/?vgnextoid=fa7e539dc4bed010VgnVCM1000000ecd190aRCR D&vgnextchannel=fa7e539dc4bed010VgnVCM1000000ecd19 0aRCRD&CH=act

In part, under: IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT \ INA: ACT 101 - DEFINITIONS
Sec. 101. [8 U.S.C. 1101] (a) As used in this Act-
(3) The term "alien" means any person not a citizen or national of the United States.
(6) The term "border crossing identification card" means a document of identity bearing that designation issued to an alien who is lawfully admitted for permanent residence, or to an alien who is a resident in foreign contiguous territory, by a consular officer or an immigration officer for the purpose of crossing over the borders between the United States and foreign contiguous territory in accordance with such conditions for its issuance and use as may be prescribed by regulations. Such regulati ons shall provide that (A) each such document include a biometric identifier (such as the fingerprint or handprint of the alien) that is machine readable and (B) an alien presenting a border crossing identification is not permitted to cross over the border into the United States unless the biometric identifier contained on the card matches the appropriate biometric characteristic of the alien.

Since "alien" is used in federal law, I recommend the use of "illegal alien" instead of "illegal immigrant".

Americans for Legal Immigration should not use leftist media terminology on it's web sites and printed material when referring to illegals.

Pursuant to federal law, the term "illegal alien" is the proper term to use to identify any person not a citizen or national of the United States.

See you in Phoenix on June 12th.