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Illegal Immigrants

illegal immigrants: Some call them illegal immigrants, while others refer to them as undocumented, non-status, irregular, unauthorized or migrants without papers, according to The Star. In April, the Associated Press announced it would no longer use illegal immigrants and What should we call people who are in Canada illegally, without status or proper immigration documents? The naming of this particular population is always a contentious and polarizing issue, causing heated and emotional debates between the enforcement-minded, who are in favour of a law-and-order agenda to keep them out, and their libertarian opponents, who believe in the freedom of movement to give them a pathway to status. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.