Flashermac Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 Bill would mandate nicer term for illegals By Bill Cotterell Tallahassee News-Press 27 February 2007 TALLAHASSEE -- A state legislator whose district is home to thousands of Caribbean immigrants wants to ban the term "illegal alien" from the state's official documents. "I personally find the word 'alien' offensive when applied to individuals, especially to children," said Sen. Frederica Wilson, D-Miami. "An alien to me is someone from out of space." She has introduced a bill providing that: "A state agency or official may not use the term 'illegal alien' in an official document of the state." There would be no penalty for using the words. In Miami-Dade County, Wilson said, We don't say 'alien,' we say 'immigrant.'" She said she encountered the situation when trying to pass a bill allowing children of foreigners to get in-state tuition at colleges and universities. Wilson, who directs a dropout prevention and education program in Miami, said she politely asks witnesses at public hearings on such issues not to use the term. "There are students in our schools whose parents are trying to become citizens and we shouldn't label them," she said. "They are immigrants, through no fault of their own, not aliens." Wilson said the first word isn't as bad as the second. "'Illegal,' I can live with, but I like 'undocumented' better," she said. Asked if her bill (SB 2154) might run afoul of Gov. Charlie Crist's "plain speaking" mandate for government agencies, Wilson said, "I think getting rid of 'alien' would be plain speaking." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McBif Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 Nah, a black lady. I hope she's offended by that description! And a sub-literate moron. "An alien to me is someone from out of space." Good God! Interesting while pretending to be plain-speaking herself, she's lost in an inky cloud of euphemisms and wants the rest of us in there with her. For example, she (like Google News and the rest of the mainstream media) prefers to describe illegal immigrants as "immigrants" which really is an insult to legal immigrants. And impoverishes our language and attacks clear thinking. Which is the idea. 40 million illegals or whatever in the country and if someone speaks up and simply asks that the laws be enforced, he's invariably trashed as "anti-immigrant". "Immigration built this country!" "We're all immigrants!" they scream. All bullshit from top to bottom. The question is, Why do "progressives" wish so desperately to destroy their own culture? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted March 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 The bigger morons are the ones who elected her to represent them! p.s. Why is it always Florida or California? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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