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illegal alien

noun as in (offensive) foreigner in country without permission

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Some more conservative members of the Democratic Party are taking this as an opportunity to punch out at their left-leaning colleagues: Rahm Emanuel, speaking to Puck News, diagnosed the issue with Democrats as a lack of comfort in using the term “illegal alien,” a culture war fight 20 years settled.

From Slate

Or are we sure about that unwillingness to say “illegal alien”?

From Slate

If you are an “illegal alien” you are told to “end survey immediately.”

From Salon

After reporters informed him that the Haitians in Springfield were here legally, he responded by telling them, “I’m still gonna call them an illegal alien,” unconsciously echoing Karl Lueger, the notorious antisemitic Mayor of Vienna around the turn of the twentieth century, who famously declared, “I decide who’s a Jew.”

From Salon

"I'm still gonna call them an illegal alien," the Ohio Senator said.

From Salon

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