ICE returns to calling immigrants "aliens"

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https://www.axios.com/2025/01/22/trump-dhs-ice-immigration-noncitizen-alien

Scoop: ICE returns to calling immigrants "aliens"

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) leadership has directed employees to refer to foreign nationals as "aliens" in all "internal and external communications," according to an internal memo obtained by Axios.

Why it matters: The early Trump move is both in line with anti-DEI and hardline immigration rhetoric.

The new memo is another sign of how the administration came in ready to make clear their aggressive stance on combatting illegal immigration, right away.
Immigration advocates criticize the term for being offensive, while immigration restrictionists defend using "alien" because it's what's used in the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Shortly after taking office, former President Biden's team moved away from the statutory language, pushing for more "more inclusive" words instead.

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[Skittles]

1. dehumanizing

that's a specialty of fascism