Media debate over term for immigrants shifts AP style
Washington lawmakers push legalization for 11 million people as newsrooms reexamine labeling. AP dropped illegal immigrant but urges full description of immigration status. LA Times and NYT weighing similar updates amid broader debate on political correctness and bias in media language.
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Labeling people versus describing them in immigrant terms
Michael Oreskes defends descriptors as neutral while Bridgeman and Rocio Alvarez discuss identifying as immigrant. In Los Angeles Boyle Heights and Monrovia tied debate over the phrase illegal immigrant to lived experience and personal impact.
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