US under Biden will no longer call migrants 'illegal aliens'

[SouthBayDem]

Source: AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — Employees of the two main U.S. immigration enforcement agencies were directed Monday to stop referring to migrants as “aliens,” a dated term that many people consider offensive.

Memos issued by Customs and Border Protection, as well as Immigration and Customs Enforcement, tells employees to use the words “non-citizen” or “migrant.” The change reflects guidelines set by the Biden administration, which is reversing many of the anti-immigrant policies of former President Donald Trump.

Instead of “illegal aliens,” which was still being used by some government officials in press releases and elsewhere, the employees of CBP and ICE should instead use “undocumented noncitizen” or “undocumented individual,” according to the memos.

Acting CBP Commissioner Troy Miller said the directives were necessary to “set a tone and example” at an agency that includes the Border Patrol.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-coronavirus-pandemic-immigration-7c8c0bad5dedb750c2aa7c1e9d8aa3cb

[choie]

1. Bravo!

N/t

[LuckyLib]

2. It's about damned time!

Decades ago in California we were telling folks not to use this term. We told folks to use the term “undocumented workers.”

[Mopar151]

3. Now about the morons who "know" anyone with brown skin and/or a foreign accent is an illegal alien

[J_William_Ryan]

4. The Biden Administration is correct as a matter of law.

That an immigrant might be undocumented doesn’t mean he’s ‘illegal.’

An immigrant is not ‘illegal’ until such time as he has been found guilty in a court of law of entering the country absent authorization.

[ShazzieB]

5. Exactly!

[The Jungle 1]

6. Mostly they are immigrant Americans.

We should kick out all the pasty white Europeans. They are not Americans. *snark*
Texass has only been part of the US for 173 years. Not very long. How about we just give Texas back to Mexico. We can keep California and give Mexico Texass.

[meow2u3]

7. I never liked the idea of calling noncitizens "aliens"

Noncitizens and migrants sound like they're coming from another country to seek a better life.

An alien, OTOH, connotes a being coming from another planet, who may or may not be friendly.