California Governor signs bill striking the word ‘alien’ from state laws
September 30, 2021
Late last week, California eliminated from state law the use of the word “alien”, an immigration term used to describe unauthorized immigrants of foreign-born individuals living in the U.S. On Friday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed the bill, which was written by CA Assemblywoman Luz Rivas. Rivas was inspired by President Biden’s immigration plan to remove the term from federal law in favor of the word “noncitizen.” The bill suggests replacing “alien” with words like “resident,” “person,” “undocumented immigrant” or “a person who is not a citizen or national of the United States.”
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