The word “alien” is peppered throughout federal law, and it has nothing to do with extraterrestrial life illegally visiting the United States. The law uses the word to describe people who aren’t ...

On April 2, 2013, the Associated Press announced amendments to its style book effectively banning the use of the word “illegal” to describe a person, as in “an illegal immigrant.” This announcement ...

The first time I heard someone called an “alien” in a legal context was over breakfast with a roommate in law school. After college, she’d spent a year playing basketball in France. Why leave such a ...

California will strike the word "alien" from its state laws, getting rid of what Gov. Gavin Newsom called "an offensive term for a human being" that has "fueled a divisive and hurtful ...