I just found the following definition in a federal statute.
the term ”individual” means a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence.
It is in a recently passed statute, part of the USA Patriot Act. What both frightens me and makes me angry about this is the way it dehumanizes illegal immigrants. Yet again, it defines them in a way that bars them from claiming what we consider basic rights.
The ghost of Joseph McCarthy must be smiling.
Naah, that’s the ghost of Charlie McCarthy…y’know, wooden-headed dummy with a big, self-satisfied smirk….on second thought, you might still be right; they are hard to tell apart, aren’t they…?