Sign Petition to stop Calling Foreigners as Aliens in USA

[WHYnow 22]

Dear All, 

               We have file a petition that need to address the issue of calling foreigners as Aliens in United States. 

This has been used for a long time and almost everyone is not happy to be called ''Aliens'' and I think this need to stop, especially now that there is new government that respect dignity of all human being. Your part and mine is to sign this petition link below so we can push this change for generation to come. 

 

Thank you.

 

https://www.thepetitionsite.com/485/917/361/alien-end-the-word-in-united-states/

 

Note: Admin - Please you know the category this can be to boost our motives, appreciate your support to move/repost it if necessary. (Thank you) 

Edited March 14, 2021 by Ola MK

[HRQX 4,145]

7 minutes ago, Ola MK said:

and I think this need to stop

Just a note that there is a proposed bill to change it. The bill is titled H.R. 1177 / S. 348.

https://lindasanchez.house.gov/sites/lindasanchez.house.gov/files/2021.02.18 US Citizenship Act Bill Text - SIGNED.pdf

https://www.menendez.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/USCitizenshipAct2021BillText.pdf

 

 

The federal government agencies follow the terms listed in federal law.

[Boiler 45,737]

I would imagine the number of Aliens who are non citizens is miniscule.

[WHYnow 22]

3 minutes ago, HRQX said:

Just a note that there is a proposed bill to change it. The bill is titled H.R. 1177 / S. 348.

https://lindasanchez.house.gov/sites/lindasanchez.house.gov/files/2021.02.18 US Citizenship Act Bill Text - SIGNED.pdf

https://www.menendez.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/USCitizenshipAct2021BillText.pdf

 

 

The federal government agencies follow the terms listed in federal law.

Thank you sharing that information. Before the last quarter of 2016 Similar Bill has been going up and down until now and absolutely nothing has been done. However, I'm not sure if this is the same Bill that suffer in the Senate then was resubmitted now. 

 

Meanwhile, the pressure is on now and we should be part of it to address this issue - Let sign the petition and let the house continue with their Bill. I believed we shall all smile soon. 

[Mike E 11,741]

I loved that my first green card said I was a resident alien.  

 

I’d show it to my kids and their friends and regale them with tails of my upbringing from another planet. I told them I was part of forward invasion force.  Their friends would return home to have nightmares.   
 

Seriously though, the term alien is from Latin like much of English (and thus, ironically it was probably due to an alien invasion of England in 1066 that the term made it into the lexicon). 

 

I will not be signing this petition.  It is just. a word. Get over it.  There are bigger problems like the backlog of immigration petitions that have a current priority date or that aliens have a hassle getting an SSN. 

 

Proud to have been a legal resident alien.  

Edited March 14, 2021 by Mike E

[Mike E 11,741]

1 hour ago, Boiler said:

I would imagine the number of Aliens who are non citizens is miniscule.

Huh?

[WHYnow 22]

1 hour ago, Mike E said:

I loved that my first green card said I was a resident alien.  

 

I’d show it to my kids and their friends and regale them with tails of my upbringing from another planet. I told them I was part of forward invasion force.  Their friends would return home to have nightmares.   
 

Seriously though, the term alien is from Latin like much of English (and thus, ironically it was probably due to an alien invasion of England in 1066 that the term made it into the lexicon). 

 

I will not be signing this petition.  It is just. a word. Get over it.  There are bigger problems like the backlog of immigration petitions that have a current priority date or that aliens have a hassle getting an SSN. 

 

Proud to have been a legal resident alien.  

Since you love the word Alien, I guess you as Alien have no right to complain about serious of backlog then. People get treated with the way they been classified. I'm sure the same government bills that's calling to remove such words know what people like me and millions of others are calling for.   

[EmilyW 1,466]

Proud alien also. It's a word and I ascribe a positive meaning to it.

 

In the immigration world, there are bigger - more important - issues to resolve than semantics.

Edited March 14, 2021 by EmilyW

[Nitas_man 3,100]

7 hours ago, Ola MK said:

Since you love the word Alien, I guess you as Alien have no right to complain about serious of backlog then. People get treated with the way they been classified. I'm sure the same government bills that's calling to remove such words know what people like me and millions of others are calling for.   

 

Nita sez:  Nah.  Alien is fine.  It’s cool.

 

Not really seeing the upwelling of support that you’re imagining here.

[Crazy Cat 41,985]

Shakespeare said , "A rose by any other name, would smell as sweet".  

Edited March 14, 2021 by Lucky Cat

[JeanneAdil 6,583]

Since the following is meaning of the word, what do you want USCIS to call you if not a USC yet?

and you think they are going thru all the expense of reissuing documenting  cards to remove the "alien" part of the Alien number?

 

noun

 

1. a foreigner, especially one who is not a naturalized citizen of the country where they are living.

[Nitas_man 3,100]

21 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

Since the following is meaning of the word, what do you want USCIS to call you if not a USC yet?

and you think they are going thru all the expense of reissuing documenting  cards to remove the "alien" part of the Alien number?

 

noun

 

1. a foreigner, especially one who is not a naturalized citizen of the country where they are living.

 

9 hours ago, Ola MK said:

Since you love the word Alien, I guess you as Alien have no right to complain about serious of backlog then. People get treated with the way they been classified. I'm sure the same government bills that's calling to remove such words know what people like me and millions of others are calling for.   

I love the idea that the USCIS staff is focused like lasers processing cases that applicants paid for, not re-writing and changing words in countless volumes of regulations, manuals, and documents.  
 

They’re self-funded by fees.  I’m not paying a dime for a single moment of activity that doesn’t involve case processing.  
 

You want this?  Pony up the funds for it yourself.

[Bob in Boston 754]

10 hours ago, Ola MK said:

I guess you as Alien have no right to complain about serious of backlog then.

We don't need a politically correct name change Petition. There are bigger fish to fry such as the issue yourself brought up. Changing the name may sooth your hurt feelings but it will do nothing to speed up cases. Waste of time and money IMHO. 

[Rocio0010 5,580]

11 hours ago, Ola MK said:

Since you love the word Alien, I guess you as Alien have no right to complain about serious of backlog then. People get treated with the way they been classified. I'm sure the same government bills that's calling to remove such words know what people like me and millions of others are calling for.   

How is the fact that one doesn’t care to be called an alien relate to the backlog? It is just a word. Get over it.

[Rocio0010 5,580]

I mean, we are not USCs yet, so what should we be called in the meantime? Foreigners? Outsiders? I bet “still in the immigration process” doesn’t fit in the GC.

Don’t get me wrong, you do you. But a word doesn’t mean more than that. Plus, immigration is heavily backlogged. Can you imagine if we asked them to remove the word “alien” from their forms??!