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AILA Doc. No. 21042100 | Dated April 21, 2021 | File Size: 579 K
Download the DocumentTroy Miller, senior official performing the duties of the commissioner, issued a memo establishing guidance on the preferred use of immigration terminology within the federal government. The memo provides a table listing prior terminology and the new terminology CBP will use moving forward.
Previous New Alien Noncitizen or migrant Alienage Noncitizenship Unaccompanied alien children Noncitizen unaccompanied children Undocumented alien Undocumented noncitizen, undocumented individual, migrant Illegal alien Undocumented noncitizen, undocumented individual, migrant Assimilation Integration or civic integration Immigrant assimilation Immigrant integration
According to The Hill, a nearly identical memo was released on April 19, 2021, by the acting head of ICE, Tae Johnson.
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Cite as AILA Doc. No. 21042100.
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- The Hill: ICE, CBP Ordered to Stop Using 'Alien,' 'Assimilation' - April 19, 2021
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