New Lexicon: Euphemisms for Illegal Immigrant (It's No Fun Being an Illegal Alien)

Posted By LambChop

Since the forward-thinking AP News Service has decided that "illegal immigrant" is no longer an acceptable term (reasoning that illegal should only refer to acts, not people), it is high time to create a list of palatable alternative terms.

Euphemisms for illegal immigrants:

alien absconders

alien residents

aliens of well-intentioned but dubious legality

colonizer

criminal

border crossers

border jumpers

day-laborers

documentally challenged

el mojado

foreign nationals

foreign students

foreign-born

foreign-born inmate

foreign-born newcomers

foreign-born workers

formerly migrant workers

future Americans pending amnesty 

future Democrats

geographically-challenged

guest workers

illegal border-crossers

illegal entrants

illegal immigrants

illegal newcomers

illegal residents

illegal workers

in-sourced laborers 

lower-wage illegal workers

Mexican nationals

Mexican-born expatriates

Mexicans

Migrant

migrant workers

newcomers

out-of-status migrant

paperless immigrant

poor immigrants

residents

trespassers

UDA (Undocumented Alien)

unauthorized workers

under-banked

under-served population

undocumented Americans

undocumented citizens

undocumented Democrats

undocumented foreigners

undocumented immigrants

undocumented janitors

undocumented Mexican immigrants

undocumented Mexicans

undocumented persons

undocumented reciprocal ex-pats

undocumented workers visa overstayers

uninvited permanent visitor

wetback

would be Americans
 
  

 

Comments

[LambChop]

German Shepherd, we have a winner!

[German Shepherd]

Some more suggested euphemisms for the AP:

#2 dinners
drunk drivers-in-training
International lawn services
For amnesty press 1
Misplaced Mexicans
Attention K-Mart shoppers (also the opening stanza of Mexican Nat'l Anthem)
Jose can you see...