Asymmetrical Information - Megan McArdle   Illegal Immigrants
Have Been Banned From the AP Stylebook  Changing the name will
not change how people feel.  There's been a recent movement
afoot to change the way we refer to illegal immigrants.
 Undocumented immigrant seems to be the preferred standard, but
the suggested replacements vary.  The AP has now responded by
banning the phrase from its stylebook.  Kevin Drum is annoyed
that they haven't suggested an acceptable substitute:  AP
apparently now feels that there's no acceptable way to refer to
people who are in the country illegally. Neither "undocumented
immigrant" nor "unauthorized immigrant," is acceptable, and
neither is anything else. Labels are flatly not allowed, despite
the fact that we label people all the time. Kevin Drum is a
blogger. Barack Obama is a politician. Etc.  This leaves us with
constructions like "John Doe is a person who immigrated to the
United States illegally." Or: "A bill pending in Congress would
bar immigrants who are in the cou