California and Colorado this year banned state agencies from using the word “alien” to refer to immigrants who entered the U.S. without permission. Supporters of the change say the word is demeaning and dehumanizing and can have an impact on the treatment of immigrants.
California and Colorado this year banned state agencies from using the word “alien” to refer to immigrants who entered the U.S. without permission. Supporters of the change say the word is demeaning and dehumanizing and can have an impact on the treatment of immigrants.
AUSTIN, TEXAS - Luz Rivas remembers seeing the word on her mother's residency card as a child: alien. In the stark terms of the government, it signal