Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas said last week that he has directed the agency to stop using the term “illegal alien” when referring to foreign nationals who come into the United States illegally.
“In the Department of Homeland Security I issued a memo very early on that we would not use the term ‘illegal alien.’ When speaking of these individuals we use the term ‘non-citizen,’ and that speaks to the importance of respecting the dignity of the individual,” Mayorkas said.
Mayorkas’ instruction comes as illegal immigration has spiked under the Biden administration to nearly 1.5 million illegal immigrant gotaways.
Border Patrol has also reported a 1,000% increase in illegal immigration from numerous different countries from fiscal year 2022 to fiscal year 2023.
From The Daily Wire:
While illegal crossings into the United States have spiked, endangering American citizens living on the border, the Biden administration has also promoted the CBP One app, a digital platform that allows foreign nationals to remotely schedule meetings for asylum claims. Just under 80,000 foreign nationals entered the United States between January and April by using the app.
