Illegal Aliens still illegal, still alien

No matter what the AP stylebook says. [Link]

So what in the heck are AP writers supposed to say? “Specify wherever possible how someone entered the country illegally and from where. Crossed the border? Overstayed a visa? What nationality?” Um, this seems a bit unwieldy,AP. If I want to say: “we should not count illegal immigrants among the uninsured in this country because their lack of insurance is an immigration issue, not a health care issue,” how am I supposed to rewrite that by referring to how the people entered and from where and whether they overstayed a visa?

Basically, the idea is to make the concept so unwieldy that you banish it from the discourse, using control over language to change the terms of the debate.

Are you here legally? No, you are here illegally.
Are you a citizen? No, you are an alien.

This is all about changing the language so it becomes impossible to discuss issues that are now considered verboten by all 'right thinking people'.