Forbidden Words: "Illegal Immigrant"

Newspeak, courtesy of the Society of Professional Journalists.

The Diversity Committee of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) is seeking to “inform and sensitize” reporters nationwide about how “offensive” the term “illegal immigrant” is to Latinos.

Diversity Committee member Leo Laurence announced the campaign against “illegal immigrant” and “illegal alien” terminology in the latest issue of the organization’s magazine, Quill, writing that those who have not obtained citizenship but have entered the country without any prior approval should be called “undocumented workers” or “undocumented immigrants.”

Personally, I'm old school. I think "illegal immigrant" is too PC. I prefer "illegal alien."