A government directive issued on the first day of the Trump administration indicates that federal agencies have been instructed to use legal terms such as “illegal alien” instead of political euphemisms adopted by the Biden administration.
“Illegal alien is back in,” and terms such as “undocumented” and “non-citizen” are out, a Border Patrol source told The Epoch Times.
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) memo, “Requirement to Use Legal, Nonpolitical Terminology,” obtained by The Epoch Times, states that prior guidance on terminology has been revoked.
“It is critical that all U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel diligently perform our statutory mission and all associated duties and functions in a nonpartisan manner,” the Jan. 20 memo states. “As such, effective immediately, all prior guidance related to terminology is revoked. All CBP personnel will use factually accurate, legally established, and recognized terms as they appear in duly enacted federal law.”…