U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services is planning to remove references to immigrants as "aliens" in its policy manual, after the term was inserted under the Trump administration. In September 2019, then-acting director of USCIS Ken Cuccinelli moved to replace references to "foreign nationals" with "aliens." A USCIS spokesperson said the change, first reported by Buzzfeed, is part of Renaud’s memorandum. as defined by the Immigration and Nationality Act would be the most appropriate." Citizenship Act of 2021, a Democrat-backed immigration bill, would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act by striking the term "alien" and replacing it with "noncitizen."

Source: Fox News March 31, 2021 01:18 UTC