A senior US House Democrat from a border district in Texas plans to use the term "illegal alien" despite the Biden administration's orders that federal immigration agents drop it in favor of language not seen as offensive by liberals.
"I can understand some people are trying to be a little bit more politically correct, but if you look at what the statutes say, they do use the word 'alien.' That's what the statute does, so until the statute changes, some of us will continue to be using the word 'alien' on that," Rep. Henry Cuellar told reporters during a video briefing Monday afternoon.
Biden and his administration have had other issues with words to describe what's occurring on the southern borders of the US.
Until recently, Biden has avoided the use of the term "crisis" to describe the massive number of illegal aliens entering the country on its southern border. He did use the word last week, but his press secretary immediately walked back his comments.
(Full story here.)
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