The Associated Press has updated its stylebook entry on “illegal immigrant,” rejecting once again the “undocumented” term recommended by the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, but approving “living in the country without legal permission” as an acceptable variation.
∞ Illegal Immigrant
How about “invader?”
Too edgy?
Factually incorrect, since most undocumented workers are simply following the harvest north and then go back south when the work of helping to feed your family is done.
AP is the Microsoft Windows of journalism. Total lowest common denominator.