The word “alien” is peppered throughout federal law, and it has nothing to do with extraterrestrial life illegally visiting the United States. The law uses the word to describe people who aren’t ...

On April 2, 2013, the Associated Press announced amendments to its style book effectively banning the use of the word “illegal” to describe a person, as in “an illegal immigrant.” This announcement ...

California will strike the word "alien" from its state laws, getting rid of what Gov. Gavin Newsom called "an offensive term for a human being" that has "fueled a divisive and hurtful ...

The term “illegal alien” is official government terminology again, after the new acting head of the Department of Homeland Security scrapped “confusing” euphemisms like “undocumented noncitizen” and ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will ...