Hillary Clinton Vows To Stop Calling Undocumented Immigrants 'Illegal' - HuffPo

[WillyT]

Hillary Clinton Vows To Stop Calling Undocumented Immigrants 'Illegal'
She referred to the term a "poor choice of words."
Roque Planas - National Reporter, The Huffington Post
Posted: 11/24/2015 03:15 PM EST | Edited: 54 minutes ago

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Hillary Clinton promised on Tuesday to purge the term “illegal immigrant” from her vocabulary.

Pressed by journalist José Antonio Vargas during an online question-and-answer session hosted by Spanish-language news broadcaster Telemundo, Clinton publicly committed to avoiding the term, which is widely viewed as disparaging and inaccurate.

Vargas noted in conversation on Facebook that Clinton used the phrase “illegal immigrants” while discussing immigration reform during a recent campaign stop, and called the term “offensive.”

"On behalf of the organization I founded, Define American, and the 11.7 million undocumented immigrants in this country -- including myself -- I am asking all the presidential candidates to recognize that #wordsmatter by committing to not using the term ‘illegal’ when referencing the undocumented population," he wrote. "Will you make that commitment?"

Clinton said she would.

"That was a poor choice of words. As I’ve said throughout this campaign, the people at the heart of this issue are children, parents, families, DREAMers. They have names, and hopes and dreams that deserve to be respected," she added.

Vargas has pressured a number of journalists and news organizations to abandon the term "illegal immigrant" since coming out as undocumented in a 2011 piece for New York Times Magazine.

His efforts followed those of several others...

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More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hillary-clinton-vows-to-stop-calling-undocumented-immigrants-illegal_5654ad25e4b0879a5b0ca7f9

[saturnsring]

1. well there is breaking and entering

breaking and entering

v., n. entering a residence or other enclosed property through the slightest amount of force (even pushing open a door), without authorization. If there is intent to commit a crime, this is burglary. If there is no such intent, the breaking and entering alone is probably at least illegal trespass, which is a misdemeanor crime. (See: burglary, trespass).

[silenttigersong]

2. Little late to dinner for Hillary

Dennis Kucinich was educating folks way back in the time machine ,you know the one Hillary wanted to marginalize.

[MisterP]

3. anything to get the spotlight off Honduras

[azmom]

4. Hillary is just not credible on anything.

When Hillary Clinton thinks Latinos are not around she will brag about voting for a border fence and even use the term 'illegal immigrant,' yet in front of Latinos she criticizes such efforts and laments her previous words," Guerra said in a statement.

[askew]

5. Yet, she didn't apologize or show any remorse for using a term that has the Latino community

has worked for years to get media and politicans to stop using. And she bragged about voting for border fence. And has still to put out an immigration plan.

[Cheese Sandwich]

6. Another election year epiphany