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By Michelle Funes

The Biden administration called to end the use of the terms illegal alien and assimilation by U.S. immigration agencies.

Under the U.S. Citizenship Act, Biden imposed many new policies in the American immigration system. One of these included abandoning the term that was often used by the Trump administration. In doing so, Biden hopes to modernize the immigration system to reflect more positive ideals.

Biden is set to remove this term effective immediately. According to a memo sent to the department heads of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, there will be an immediate transition to start using more appropriate words that reflect Bidens new bill.

Troy Miller, a Customs and Border Protection official, expressed, We set a tone and example for our country and partners across the world. This statement also indicated, We enforce our nations laws while also maintaining the dignity of every individual with whom we interact. The words we use matter and will serve to further confer that dignity to those in our custody.

This change in policy will begin to reverse many of the negative attitudes that were carried in from past administrations. Prior to these changes by the U.S. Citizenship Act, terms like illegal alien and assimilation were common in reports made on social media, statements made by former President Trump and official documents made by ICE.

In changing these terms, Biden hopes to recognize, America as a nation of immigrants and create a more humane approach to Americas complex immigration issues. Despite his good intentions, many Republican officials have responded to his actions negatively.

Senator Tom Cotton tweeted, We use the term illegal alien because theyre here illegally. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy also expressed his disappointment as he tweeted, President Biden is more concerned about Border Patrols vocabulary than he is about solving the border crisis. These backward priorities are only making the situation worse.

However, there are those that agree with Bidens new initiative such as Representative Nanette Barragn who stated, These changes are a much-needed shift away from the negative rhetoric weaponized by the previous administration, and a small change that reveals how humanity can be reflected in our immigration policies.

There is a lot of division when it comes to Bidens approaches to the border crisis. Though he hopes to find bipartisan support when it comes to these measures, which would allow him to pass more immigration bills.

Further, in March the House voted two very important immigration bills into action. One bill created a path to citizenship for about two million dreamers and those seeking refuge from their home countries under a Temporary Protected Status. Another bill on the same day would eventually grant almost a million farmworkers citizenship along with their families. Both of these bills passed with bipartisan support.

It is also important to note that a special budget procedure, reconciliation, can be used to get the bill passed immediately without full support. This measure was taken to pass the COVID-19 relief package that was not supported by many Republican lawmakers.

Ultimately, Biden has many different routes that he can take to pass immigration policies. The approval of these policies from his fellow lawmakers will depend on the issues that are being addressed and if there are any other ways that he can tackle them.

Michelle Funes is a second year at UC Davis. She is currently an English major and hopes to double major with Communications. She is from Southern California, more specifically Covina.

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The Biden administration is easing up on scofflaw illegal immigrants by pulling the plug on President Trumps program to fine them for defying court-issued deportation orders and forgiving all the debts racked up under the policy.

We can enforce our immigration laws without resorting to ineffective and unnecessary punitive measures, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Friday.

Under a Trump-issued January 2017 executive order, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued steep fines to non-citizens who refused to leave the country when ordered to do so.

Penalties started at $3,000 and could mount by up to $500 a day in one case adding up to a staggering $497,777, NPR reported in 2019.

But the agency was unable to collect on most of the bills, CNN reported, only recouping about 1 percent of the fines issued.

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The Department of Homeland Security stopped issuing penalties in January, the agency said and added that it intends to work with the Department of Treasury to cancel the existing debts of those who had been fined.

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President Biden is considering creating an anti-corruption task force to address mass migration coming from Central America, a top U.S. official announced Thursday.

Special Envoy to the Triangle Nations, Ricardo Zuniga, told reporters the task force would help local prosecutors manage corruption contributing to human rights abuses.

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"Governance addressing corruption is at the center ofwhat the Biden administration is focusing on," Zuniga said.

Illegal immigration at the U.S. southern border has risen steeply this year, with migrants coming predominately from Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador.

Biden has said he will take on the immigration crisis by reversing Trump-era policies and addressing the "root causes" contributing to migrants fleeing the Northern Triangle countries in Central America.

Zuniga told reporters Thursday the White House will release a proposal next month to disperse $4 billion over a four-year period. The plan is set to focus on promoting governance and transparency, economic development and security.

Biden tasked Vice President Kamala Harris with taking on the complex immigration crisis, and she is set to travel to Mexico and Guatemala "soon," the administration announced last week.

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"We're also addressing structural problems [that have] infected so many lives and Central America, whether they regard insecurity or lack of opportunities," Zuniga said, applauding Harris"leadership."

The United States will also be imposing sanctions on Central American officials involved in corruption by barring their travelto the U.S., and assessing financial penalties.

"We have a mandate from the U.S. Congress to develop lists of officials who are involved in corruption and to propose actions against them," Zuniga said.

The Special Envoytraveled to Guatemala and El Salvador earlier this month, but was refused a meeting by Salvadorian President Nayib Bukele, who accused the administration of ill-treatmentsignalinga tough road ahead for officials in charge of combating massmigration.

Zuniga also said that Mexico "has been our key partner in efforts to manage migration."

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"We have really focused on countries that are at center of movement of people," he explained Thursday, adding that the U.S. is developing "working groups" in El Salvador and Honduras.

Harris is set to hold a virtual meeting with Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei Monday.

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Laredo is getting mixed reactions to the updated terminology for immigrants who had crossed the border illegally.

In a memo by Troy A. Miller, Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Commissioner, it establishes updated terminology for U.S. Customs and Border Protection communications and materials.

Changes mentioned in the memo are alien for noncitizen or migrant, alienage for noncitizenship, unaccompanied alien children to noncitizen unaccompanied children illegal alien to undocumented noncitizen, undocumented individual or migrant, among others.

In response to the vision set by the Administration, CBP will ensure agency communications use the preferred terminology and inclusive language as outlined below. This guidance applies to communications such as agency outreach efforts, internal documents and overall communications with stakeholders, partners and the general public, the memo reads.

For immigration attorney and former councilmember Nelly Vielma, this change was long overdue.

Its about time that the human dignity of people, refugees, immigrants and other displaced human beings are given an appropriate name. For many years, our countrys laws have labeled people in the immigration system as aliens or illegals, Vielma said. We may see it as a term to refer to people as foreigners, but ask yourselves, how would you and your family feel with that label if you were in their shoes? Although it may seem as a minor change, I hope the migrant community will be treated with dignity and respect, which is the expectation as our system slowly changes the labels to remove the negative connotations.

Agent Hector Garza, president of the National Border Patrol Council-Local 2455, said that under the Biden administration, agents received new guidance and updated terminology. But he pointed out that this memo still allows agents to continue using the same terminology under the Immigraction and Nationality Act as mentioned in the second paragraph of the memo.

As needed and appropriate, CBP may use applicable terms defined in the Immigration Nationality Act in legal or operational documents, including when completing required forms, particularly where legally required or necessary to ensure the procedural rights of those whom CBP encounters, states the memo.

Garza added, What is interesting is that it appears the Biden administration is trying to at peace immigrant rights groups.

Garza pointed out that agents are trained under the law to use the term alien under the Immigration and Nationality Act. That terminology is ingrained in agents because those are the terms members of congress approved, Garza said.

Nothing is going to change. Illegal aliens will still be illegal aliens, he said.

For Congressman Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, he briefly mentioned during a news conference on another topic that he can understand some people are trying to be politically correct.

But if you look at what the statute says, they do use the word alien. Thats what the statute does. Unless the statute changes, some of us will continue to use the word alien on that. Thats just what the statute says right now, and I dont think the statute is going to be changed, Cuellar said.

Words matter but the question is, which words, in what circumstances are those words going to be used, the congressman mentioned.

The word alien is used in the statute. Its been used for many years. But theres a new thinking that they want to use something. I think right now that as long as the statute is there, I probably will be using the word alien. Thats the word thats in the statute until we change that.

Cuellar went on to say that while people focus on words, the focus should be shifted to stopping the flow of people coming in and handling the flow that is already in the country.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement also released a statement regarding the updated terminology.

Consistent with the Biden Administrations goals to foster inclusion and build a more fair and humane immigration system, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is adopting terminology to help rebuild public trust and reshape the agency image. The change reflects ICEs commitment to treat everyone with whom we interact with respect and dignity while still enforcing our nations laws, ICE said in a statement.

An official also stated that ICE will make efforts to avoid using terminology that might be perceived by others as offensive or otherwise disparaging. The official also mentioned that ICE leadership will no longer use terms such as alien or illegal in internal or external public facing documents and communications.

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If you did not see the pictures of two little girls, ages 3 and 5, dropped over a 14-foot border fence to the ground bysmugglers,I guarantee that had you witnessedit,as I did,you would never forget what you saw.

This occurred on the New Mexico border and miles from the nearest residence. The little girls were rescued byborderpatrol agents while conducting virtual surveillance. It is a miracle that both girls were not seriously hurt or even killed by the fall. In the past 10 days there have also been pictures and interviews of children under 10 who do not speak Englishand were abandoned in the middle of nowhere,crying for help.

What parents would put their children through such an ordeal? We are seeing thousands of unaccompanied minors coming to our borderwhilePresidentJoeBiden and Vice PresidentKamalaHarris are missing in action.

In watching interviews of experienced border agents,they state they have never seen anything quite like this run on oursouthernborder. Yet, the Biden Administrationclaims there is no crisis.In other words, don't believe your lying eyes!

This entire border fiasco has been brought on by the Biden team reversing the policies of PresidentDonaldTrump that had proven to have worked.In a dire situation crying out for leadership, our top two leaders, Biden and Harris are both MIAs.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection took more than 172,000 illegal aliens into custody in March,which is the highest total in more than 20 years. This number represents those we know about. I heard an interview of along-timeborderagentstate that this number does not count the "get-aways,"which would bring the total close to 250,000.

We certainly don't begin to catch all thosecrossing our border so whatever number we know aboutdoes not accurately account for those who are actually illegally within our country. Of those who are caught, many are being released byborderagents without a returncourt date due to limited space in already over-crowded holding facilities.Don't think for one second that this massive influx ofillegal immigrantswill not have long-term consequences on our country, especially our political process.

Personally, I join those who believe that the Biden Administration expected this massive run on our border but are largelylooking the other way as they view this as thepricewe must pay to ensure future Democrat voters and maintaining power.

The reason that Biden and Harrishave not gone to the border is that they know the whole press corps would have to follow them to the border andAmericans would seefirsthandthe magnitude of the crisis. Currently the Biden team can claim there is no crisis and theliberal media will not challenge their dishonestborder assessment.

The Trumpborder policies were working. Keeping those migrants seeking access to America on the Mexican side until their cases could be heard was a huge positive step in preventing access to America, never to be seen again. The cost ofillegalimmigration is substantial, well over $200 billion annually. But the costs ofillegalmigrationisbut one of the major negative aspects to breaking our laws. Congressionaldistricts are determined by the census count ofperson, regardless of their resident status.This aloneshifts political power.

Illegal immigrationover the years, since PresidentRonalReagan, has moved California from a fairly reliableredstate to abluestate, as children of migrants born into citizenship reach voting age.Democratvoter registrations outnumber Republicans by a margin of almost two to one.It will be a miracle if any Republican will ever again hold a state office in California.

Biden's tolerance of the currentsouthernborder onslaught is a deliberate calculation that in the coming years, amnesty for illegal immigrants and citizenship for their children will swell the number of Democratic voters whoflip Texas, Florida and Arizonafromred toblue. Itassures no Republican ever again win thepresidency. Four years of a Bidenpresidency,and the illegal immigration that will follow, is deliberately devious and will prove fatal to our two-party system and our republic.

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