Why people use “illegal “aliens”?

Question by dk: Why people use “illegal “aliens”?
Why people and the media add alien instead of illegal immigrants? Why use words that have negative connotaTION?

Best answer:

Answer by Lori K
Because the phrase “illegal immigrant” is conceivably an oxymoron (figure of speech that combines two normally contradictory terms). The proper term is “illegal alien”. An “alien” can be legal or illegal and is a perfectly legitimate word that implies nothing more than being “a foreigner” — an immigrant implies legality.

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