October 05, 2013

Associated Press Rejects the I-Word

October 05, 2013/ Alan Headbloom

Earlier this year, the Associated Press announced it will no longer recommend that journalists use the term “illegal immigrant” when referring to immigrants in the U.S. without legal permission.

Instead of using “illegal” to describe a person, it is telling users that “illegal” should describe only an action, such as living in or immigrating to a country illegally.

The New York Times recently announced it will also be revising its usage of the term “illegal immigrant.”

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