A recent survey of the most important issues on the minds of voters these days shows that immigration tops the list. And this administration knows, above all else, that you can’t have a serious discussion about an issue if you’re not even permitted to use the right terminology. Perhaps that’s why the Justice Department has issued a memorandum instructing its lawyers to stop using the made-up, PC term “undocumented immigrant.” Attorney General Jeff Sessions has reportedly told DOJ attorneys to use the same language found in U.S. Code, which is “illegal alien.” Oh man, the left is going to HATE this.
In the email, DOJ officials are further instructed to refer to immigrants using their country of origin rather than pretend for the sake of political correctness that they are a citizen.
“If an alien is legally present in the US, or that alien’s legal status in the US is unknown, unclear, or absent from the public record at the time a press release is being issued, it is appropriate to describe their country of citizenship, such as ‘Canadian National Convicted of Human Trafficking,’” the email states. “They should be described according to their citizenship, not their city or state of residence. For instance, ‘a Honduran citizen residing in Toledo,’ is correct. ‘Toledo Man’ doesn’t accurately describe his residency.”