Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will change their terminology to resume the use of the term “alien” and drop the term “noncitizen,” a new memo indicates.
The memo from ICE director Caleb Vitello will apply to all “internal and external communications” and will also replace the term “noncitizenship” with “alienage.”
The move marks a stark departure from the Biden administration’s decision to use “more inclusive” terms when discussing immigration. Even the word “assimilation” was dropped in favor of “civic integration.”
The Biden administration also received guidance from the Rand Corporation urging it to discontinue the use of not just the term “illegal alien,” but even words like “Jihadist,” which it warned was “racially charged.” “Looter,” “rioter,” and “trespasser” were all said by the Rand Corporation to be…
