BEFORE I BEGIN, I KNOW YOU ARE BEING MINDFUL OF THE CLOCK. I HAVE TWO INITIAL MORE SUBSTANTIVE QUESTIONS THAN MORE BRIEF QUESTIONS THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT. I WILL GET RIGHT TO IT. JUDGE JACKSON, I AM SO GLAD THAT YOU TAKE SUCH PRIDE IN SHARING YOUR FAMILY'S STORY. AS YOU SHOULD. AS I TAKE PRIDE IN SHARING MINE. MY COLLEAGUES HAVE HEARD IT, BUT I NEVER GET TIRED OF REMINDING PEOPLE THAT I'M THE PROUD SON OF IMMIGRANTS. MY PARENTS CAME TO THE UNITED STATES FROM MEXICO DECADES AGO. THROUGH THEIR HARD WORK AND DETERMINATION, THEY RAISED THREE OF US. MY SISTER, MY BROTHER AND I ALL ATTENDED GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE AND WE FOUND SUCCESSFUL CAREERS IN PUBLIC SERVICE. IT'S A STORY THAT IS SHARED BY HARD-WORKING IMMIGRANT FAMILIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. OVER THE COURSE OF GENERATIONS. FAMILIES WHO WORK DILIGENTLY EACH DAY TO CREATE A BETTER LIFE AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE COUNTRY. WHETHER IT IS AS FARMWORKERS, SHORT ORDER COOKS, CELEBRITY CHEFS, SOFTWARE ENGINEERS OR CEOS, CUSTODIANS, TEACHERS, PRINCIPALS, WHETHER THEY ARE DOCUMENTED OR UNDOCUMENTED. PEOPLE WHO MIGRATE TO THIS COUNTRY SEEKING ASYLUM SEEKING REFUGE OR SHOT AT THE AMERICAN DREAM ALL DESERVE TO BE TREATED WITH DIGNITY AND HUMANITY. UNFORTUNATELY, OUR LAWS AND OUR COURTS DON'T ALWAYS DO THAT. BEYOND OUR OFTEN CRUEL AND COUNTERPRODUCTIVE CHOICES THAT WE HAVE MADE OVER THE YEARS WHEN IT COMES TO IMMIGRATION POLICY, THE LANGUAGE THAT WE USE TO SPEAK ABOUT IMMIGRANTS CAN OFTEN HAVE DEHUMANIZING EFFECTS. FOR EXAMPLE, THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT, IT IS REPLETE WITH REFERENCES TO ALIENS. COURT OPINIONS WRITTEN BY FEDERAL JUDGES ACROSS THE COUNTRY CAN BE FOUND REFERRING TO UNDOCUMENTED PERSONS AS ILLEGAL ALIENS. I KNOW NASA HAS PUT A MAN ON THE MOON AND THERE ARE BILLIONAIRES INCREASINGLY EXPLORING SPACE. LET'S BE CLEAR, NO PERSON IS ALIEN. NO HUMAN BEING CAN BE ILLEGAL. WITH THAT CONTEXT, I READ YOUR IMMIGRATION-RELATED DECISIONS ON THE DISTRICT WITH GREAT INTEREST. BEYOND THE SUBSTANCE OF YOUR OPINIONS, WHAT STOOD OUT TO ME IS THAT YOU SEEM TO HAVE TRIED TO AVOID MAKING THE SAME CHOICE AS MANY OF YOUR PREDECESSORS AND COLLEAGUES. WHEN NOT QUOTING STATUTES OR PRECEDENT, YOUR OPINIONS APPEAR NOT TO REFER TO IMMIGRANTS AS ALIEN OR ILLEGAL. INSTEAD, YOU USE TERMS SUCH AS UNDOCUMENTED AND NONCITIZEN. I IMAGINE, I HOPE THAT WAS A CONSCIOUS CHOICE. THE LANGUAGE WE USE AND THE LANGUAGE OUR COURTS USED TO DESCRIBE PEOPLE WHETHER IMMIGRANTS, THE FORMERLY INCARCERATED, INDIVIDUALS WHO IDENTIFY AS LGBTQ OR OTHER HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED PEOPLE MATTERS A GREAT DEAL. OUR LANGUAGE MATTERS. EGGS -- IT IS EXACTLY THAT REASON WHY CONGRESS MOVED TO USE DURING -- TO REMOVE DEROGATORY TERMS FROM THE U.S. CODE. DO YOU AGREE THAT THE LANGUAGE WE USE TO DESCRIBE ONE ANOTHER IN THE LANGUAGE USED BY THE BENCH MATTERS? 