House orders Library of Congress to maintain 'illegal alien'
Article CAIRCO note:
House says drop the PC BS and use correct legal terminology
Article publisher:
Washington Times
Article date:
10 June 2016
Article category:
National News
Medium
Article Body:
The House voted Friday to order the Library of Congress to keep using the term “illegal alien” to describe those who come to the U.S. without authorization, saying that as long as federal laws written by Congress use those terms, so should their official records-keeper.
The library earlier this had proposed changing, saying that despite being used in law, the term had “become pejorative” and needed to be axed. Instead the library said it would use “noncitizen” to refer to illegal immigrants, and “unauthorized immigration” to refer to the broader issue.
Republicans revolted against the change, and demanded in the annual legislative branch funding bill that the library use terms that reflect federal law. The code repeatedly refers to foreigners as aliens, including those here both legally and illegally, so that would force the library to maintain the term “illegal alien.”
Democrats balked and forced a vote, but the GOP prevailed on a 237-170 party-line vote...
CAIRCO Research
Terminology history and usage: alien and illegal alien - these terms are established by Congress and are in use throughout governmental agencies - CAIRCO.
Cultural Marxism and Political Correctness - CAIRCO.
Uppity school kids are now dictating American law? - more information on the correct legal terminology and politically correct efforts to banish these terms - CAIRCO.
Opposition To ‘Illegal Aliens’ Is Opposition To Borders, by Jon Feere, Legal Policy Analyst, Center for Immigration Studies, Daily Caller, May 25, 2016.