Associated Press bans the phrase 'illegal immigrant'

Associated Press bans the phrase 'illegal immigrant' - Washington Times

The wire service’s rationale goes on for many paragraphs before offering the actual Stylebook entry for earnest journalists to consider. It reads:

“Illegal immigration: Entering or residing in a country in violation of civil or criminal law. Except in direct quotes essential to the story, use illegal only to refer to an action, not a person: illegal immigration, but not illegal immigrant. Acceptable variations include living in or entering a country illegally or without legal permission.’

“Except in direct quotations, do not use the terms illegal alien, an illegal, illegals or undocumented.”

“Do not describe people as violating immigration laws without attribution. Specify wherever possible how someone entered the country illegally and from where. Crossed the border? Overstayed a visa? What nationality?”

“People who were brought into the country as children should not be described as having immigrated illegally. For people granted a temporary right to remain in the U.S. under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, use temporary resident status, with details on the program lower in the story.”

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Political Correctness, Stupidity, or just White House Flunkies (Media)?

White House Flunkies (media) just redefining terms-- sex, gender, marriage, illegal, legal, undocumented, criminal, politician, elected, selected, citizen, voter, immigrant, illegal immigrant, male, female, gay, queer, man, wife, spouse, father, mother, school, day care, right, wrong, black, white, good, evil, bad, fat, obese, plump, normal, average, etc.

Has the physics really changed, or just the evolution of the definition?

Lier, Lawyer, Journalist, or Crook (interchangeable titles in PC media) at their finest.