Mendoza said that the term ‘alien’ was offensive and that it “has no place in our laws and should not be the basis of employment hiring.”
During a State Assembly last month he also stated that “Alien is now commonly considered a derogatory term for a foreign -born person and has very negative connotations.”
So it seems that the preferred expression is ‘foreign-born person’ as opposed to ‘illegal alien’. Governments now seem to be kinder to those that break the law…kindred spirits I guess.
The only vote against the bill came in the State Assembly, from Assemblyman Matthew Harper, R-Huntington Beach (Orange County), who told the San Francisco Chronicle that the bill was “just a way for legislators to get their names in the paper….[t]he negative connotations come from the fact that people are breaking the law. Changing the word won’t change the fact that folks are here illegally.”
Mendoza was exultant Monday, as his bill was signed into law. He was joined in his enthusiasm by Tim Paulson, executive director of the San Francisco Labor Council, who told the Chronicle, “The word ‘alien’ has incredibly racist and un-American connotations.”
The federal government still uses the term “alien” to describe foreigners legally or illegally present. Other states also still use the term.
Charles, we think alike so much we HAVE to be related!
Don’t hold back @[1489975809:2048:Terri A. Williams] tell us how you really feel
I think Moonbeam and California should just surrender to Mexico. The US will be better off without them.
With any kind of luck, when the next big earthquake hits MEXIFORNIA, it will break off the mainland, and float out to sea, NEVER to be seen again
Could have fooled me
We need to sell california back to mexico and washington and oregon to canada for 18 trillion dollars and eliminate our federal deficit.
It would appear that the lunatics are in charge in Californicate – one big asylum !
The name DIAZ sounds redneck!
His state is over run by illegal aliens! Our elected leaders need to get a back bone and call things like they are. Stop this sugar coating everything because you might offend someone.
c’mon, Pam, what do you really think? It’s another attempt by the left to change the semantic, they do it all the time and hope we won’t notice that they’re still talking about the same thing.