Report from the SAC Working Group on the LCSH “Illegal aliens”

Abstract

Report concurring with the Library of Congress decision to change the subject heading Aliens to Noncitizens and recommending that Illegal aliens be replaced with Undocumented immigrants.

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This report concurs with the Library of Congress decision to change the subject heading Aliens to Noncitizens, but recommends that Illegal aliens be replaced with Undocumented immigrants where appropriate. In cases where the subject heading Illegal aliens has been assigned to works about nonimmigrants, more specific terms should be assigned.

Keywords

subject heading, Library of Congress Subject Heading, undocumented immigrants

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