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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 |
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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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