California, Colorado drop 'dehumanizing' terms for immigrants

[TexasTowelie]

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Lawmakers in at least seven states considered eliminating use of “alien” and “illegal” in state statutes this year and replacing them with descriptions such as “undocumented” and “noncitizen,” according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Only two states, California and Colorado, actually made the change.

“I want all Californians that are contributing to our society, that are small business owners, that work hard, to feel that they are part of California communities,” Rivas said of the reason behind her legislation.

State Sen. Julie Gonzales, who co-sponsored the new Colorado law, said during a legislative committee hearing that words such as “illegal” were “dehumanizing and derogatory” when applied to immigrants. Gonzales said the legislation aimed to remove the only place in Colorado statute where “illegal alien” was used to describe people living in the U.S. illegally.

Read more: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2021/11/27/immirgrants-aliens-states-drop-terms-dehamanizing/49445423/

[Diamond_Dog]

1. I always thought those words

“Alien” especially, were cruel and unnecessary. Good for California and Colorado.

[cinematicdiversions]

2. Residential Alien in perfectly fine.

Silly to replace that one.