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Is “Illegal Immigrant” Offensive, Accurate or Both?

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With 100 inches of snow landing on Boston this winter, the issue of cars and parking has inspired calumny and tire-slashing in the Boston area. On The Gist, Jennifer Peter, local editor for The Boston Globe, quietly admits that she’s a parking-space saver. Plus, how can we use language to better describe undocumented immigrants with empathy and without politics? Mike searches for the right term with Define American founder Jose Antonio Vargas, a Filipino-American journalist who does not have legal residency status. For the Spiel, Bill O’Reilly might not be telling the truth.

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Publisher
The Gist
Series
The Gist
Publication year
2015
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