The term alien is actual the technical term used by governments to describe someone who is not a citizen (of either the naturalized or natural born varieties). For example, one of the major immigration forms for the US is entitled "Application for Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration"

I would say it is not at all inappropriate, and any offense would really only be attributed to confusion between the two meanings.

The term alien is actually the technical term used by governments to describe someone who is not a citizen (of either the naturalized or natural born varieties). For example, one of the major immigration forms for the US is entitled "Application for Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration"

I would say it is not at all inappropriate, and any offense would really only be attributed to confusion between the two meanings.

The term alien is actual the technical term used by governments to describe someone who is not a citizen (of either the naturalized or natural born varieties). For example, one of the major immigration forms the US has is entitled "Application for Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration"

I would say it is not at all inappropriate, and any offense would really only be attributed to confusion between the two meanings.

The term alien is actual the technical term used by governments to describe someone who is not a citizen (of either the naturalized or natural born varieties). For example, one of the major immigration forms for the US is entitled "Application for Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration"

I would say it is not at all inappropriate, and any offense would really only be attributed to confusion between the two meanings.