Why It’s Not Cool To Say ‘Undocumented Immigrant’

America’s leading news service has a solid reason for its ban, but are the alternatives truly better?

Janice Harayda

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Credit: University of North Texas at Dallas

My work consists in part of being a leg-breaker for the AP Stylebook at print and online media that follow its rules. To stay up to date (hyphenated as a modifier, otherwise not) on changes, I pore (not pour)…

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Janice Harayda

Critic, novelist, award-winning journalist. Former book editor of the Plain Dealer and book columnist for Glamour. Words in NYT, WSJ, and other major media.