NPR apologizes for calling illegal immigrants ‘illegal’

Published June 28, 2019 7:22pm ET



National Public Radio apologized for calling illegal immigrants “illegal” after a social justice activist said their reporters should use the term “undocumented people.”

“Sorry, that was a mistake. NPR’s policy is not to characterize people as illegal.’ We slip up from time to time, but we’ll keep working hard to get it right,” NPR tweeted out Friday.

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