Biden Admin: Use “More Inclusive” Immigration Terms

Axios reports:

The Biden administration is urging officials to use more inclusive terms for immigrants, including replacing the word “alien” with “noncitizen,” Axios has learned.

Why it matters: The Trump administration referred to unauthorized immigrants as “illegal aliens,” and described border crossings as an “invasion.” The new terms point to President Biden’s more welcoming immigration stance overall.

According to an email sent Tuesday to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officials, reviewed by Axios, acting Director Tracy Renaud recently signed a memo encouraging the “more inclusive language in the agency’s outreach efforts, internal documents and in overall communication with stakeholders, partners and the general public.”

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