Today's Editors' Choice
- Victor Davis Hanson: Beware of Narratives and Misinformation
- Cal Thomas: On Taxes and Immigration: Look to Hungary
- Hans von Spakovsky: Andrea Mitchell Is Wrong About the Term 'Illegal Aliens'
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Opinion in Brief
Hans von Spakovsky: "In her 'reporting' on the ending of the DACA program, Andrea Mitchell of MSNBC asserted that Attorney General Jeff Sessions was wrong to use the term 'illegal alien,' which she deemed both 'offensive' and 'not correct.' But 'illegal alien' is in fact the correct legal term. ... The politically correct term 'undocumented immigrant' that she and others insist on using is a made-up term used by progressive groups and media sources to extinguish the line between legal immigrants and illegal aliens. That makes it easier for them to claim that anyone who wants our immigration laws enforced is 'anti-immigrant.' As civil-rights icon Barbara Jordan (who chaired Bill Clinton's Commission on Immigration Reform) aptly said, 'We disagree with those who would label efforts to control immigration as being inherently anti-immigrant. It is both a right and responsibility for a democratic society to manage immigration so it serves the national interest.... Unless this country does a better job in curbing illegal immigration, we risk irreparably undermining our commitment to legal immigration.'"
