>> "Unauthorized Immigration. As noted earlier, we use unauthorized immigrants to refer
to individuals who enter the U.S. without formal admission under immigration law. A large
share of these individuals are encountered by federal authorities at ports of entry, along the
border, or in the interior and are subsequently issued an NTA in immigration court, allowing
them to seek asylum or otherwise challenge removal. [...]"
Probably and it seems a good compromise to me. Under asylum law, "illegal" is technically wrong until the final judgement is rendered. And "undocumented" is IMO an obvious manipulation of language (you would not call a doctor practicing without a medical license "undocumented"). Pending a decision on legality, "unauthorized" seems both neutral and correct.
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