NPR apologizes for calling illegal immigrants ‘illegal’

By John Gage

Published June 28, 2019 7:22pm ET

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NPR apologizes for calling illegal immigrants ‘illegal’ — Migrant families cross the Rio Grande to get illegally across the border into the United States, to turn themselves in to authorities and ask for asylum, next to the Paso del Norte international bridge, near El Paso, Texas. | (AP Photo/Christian Torrez)

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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