Mini-Memetics

So, what with all the to-do in congress about immigration reform, the old memetic debate over whether to use "undocumented workers" or "illegal aliens" is rearing it's shop-worn head yet again.

Me, I don't like either term. In both cases, the proponents are trying to use the associations of the noun to bring in general connotations through a linguistic backdoor: either a hidden appeal to the nobility of labor or to xenophobia.

My alternative: "immigration criminals."