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Time To Abolish The Word 'Alien' From Our Lawbooks

By Leon Fresco (July 30, 2018, 3:14 PM EDT) -- Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice made news when it instructed its public information officers to use the term "illegal alien" when describing individuals who are present in the United States without lawful immigration status.[1] Even though people born outside of the United States are obviously human beings and not extraterrestrials, the use of the term alien has been ubiquitous both in the common vernacular and, more importantly, in America's legal code, courts of law and immigration processing facilities. The main reason for this is that "alien" is the term used by the Immigration and Nationality Act to describe any person who is not a citizen or national of the United States.[2]...

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