A search for acceptance: An undocumented student lives in limbo

[Shana A]

A search for acceptance: An undocumented student lives in limbo
By TOVIN LAPAN
Posted: 01/23/2011 01:30:52 AM PST

http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/ci_17172444

Xochitlquetzal hates the words "illegal" and "alien," especially when they're side by side.

"It's dehumanizing this idea that a person can be illegal,' and by calling someone an alien you label them as an other,' as not human," the UC Santa Cruz student said.

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None of this is surprising when Xochitlquetzal stares with large, dark, emotive eyes and begins to tell the story of growing up in California an undocumented immigrant and transgender.

[LordKAT]

Guess I'm weird as I don't see illegal nor alien to be dehumanizing unless you watch too much sci-fi. One just says outside the law the other is non native.