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[edit] Resident Aliens, the book

There is a Wikipedia article for the book titled Resident Aliens however a search for "Resident Aliens" takes you straight the page regarding alien (law)

I seems like there ought to be some kind of link to the book at the top of the Alien (law) page.

Cphillipsxyz 22:10, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Incomplete list of alien types

The very first entry in the list should read thus:

Types of "alien" persons (not only in the U.S. context) are:

• Any person born outside of planet Earth.

--AVM (talk) 02:30, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Newspaper style guide?

The term illegal alien as a pejorative commonly refers to a foreign national who resides in another country unlawfully, either by entering that country at a place other than a designated port-of-entry or as result of the expiration of a non-immigrant visa.[3] A tourist who has the present intent to leave would be included as a legal alien described above. Today the preferred term is illegal immigrant, particularly if this person intends to remain in the country indefinitely.This is problematic, as the term has accepted legal use and the statutes make no reference to pejorative. I woulds like to remove or modify this.--Die4Dixie (talk) 07:19, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Its not only pejorative but propaganda.

Therefore > /* Specific jurisdictions */ "illegal" replaced with " unauthorised" or is that "alien with disputed status" anyway its for the courts to decide whats illegal or not.--Theo Pardilla (talk) 11:41, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

That's rediculous, there is nothing "pojorative" about the term "Illegal Alien". It's an "official" term that it used to describe a specific illegal act by a specific person or group of people. It does not imply anything more than a person is in a country "illegally", or not in accordance with the law. Secondly, the courts have already decided what is illegal and what is not. There are legal aliens and illegal aliens. Your logic implies, that referring to a bank robber as a criminal would also be "pojorative". While an Illegal Alien might not appreciate the reference, it is both relevant as well as "official". As such, it has an "official" definition as described in cited resources. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/illegal%20alien

While I may disagree with whether or not it is propaganda, keep in mind that propaganda can be true or untrue. Only the "NATURE" in which a statement or comment is used, makes it propaganda, NOT the subject matter. So that point would be irrelevant either way. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/propagandaTheRealGriz (talk) 12:36, 15 April 2009 (UTC)