illegal sojourners

[Laurence Horn]

At 11:23 AM +0200 8/18/10, Paul Frank wrote:
>"Undocumented residents" (or undocumented foreign residents) is a
>pretty neutral term I've come across in various U.S. and non-U.S.
>contexts. In France, they are often called "sans-papiers."
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>Paul

Well, after all we *are* supposed to be moving to a paper-less economy...

LH

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>On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 8:25 AM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>  ? It is interesting what kind of contortions we have to through to
>>  define certain populations. Those who don't care to offend start with
>>  "illegals" (or worse). Those who do, went from "illegal immigrants" to
>>  "illegal aliens" (presumably not to discriminate against interplanetary
>>  vagabonds) to "undocumented aliens", etc. Don't tell Lou Dobbs, but,
>>  apparently, South Korean Anglo press refers to people belonging to a
>>  similar group as "illegal sojourners"--although the body of the article
>>  uses "unregistered foreign nationals ".
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>>  http://bit.ly/9j4TOh
>>  Middle school open to illegal sojourners' children
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>>  Perhaps it's not an official term but something lost in translation...
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>>  ?  ?  VS-)
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