Conservative Hispanic group Tell Lawmakers to Clean up Immigration Language

This seems like a good idea if you eventually want to get Hispanics to vote for your guy in the next election.

The talking points, published by BuzzFeed, went out to Republican lawmakers on the Hill as momentum builds for an immigration bill that would legalize most of the country's 11 million illegal immigrants. The memo urges lawmakers to call them "undocumented immigrants" and to avoid terms such as "aliens" or "illegals," which are seen as offensive and dehumanizing. Another phrase to avoid? "Send them all back."

They also urge lawmakers to not talk about "amnesty" and instead use the term "earned legal status" which actually sounds more apt. I mean you are requiring the prospective citizen to pay back taxes, a fine, and take an English test in order to qualify. If a person jumps through those hoops then they are actually earning that legal status.

Then the GOP needs to fill the gap by helping these undocumented immigrants figure out their tax bill and help them pay it and raise money for their fine. Then use some federal money going to the Department of Education to start up some English language schools. In other words help these people become citizens instead of demonizing them.

In fact undocumented immigrant is a mouthful. I would advocate the use of the term prospective citizen. That is what they are trying to achieve so you might as well call them that. I mean if it is just a matter of a few thousand dollars an English test and some waiting period they will be a citizen so that term would fit better.