EOIR releases policy memo on updated terminology regarding noncitizens

September 21, 2021

EOIR presented a Policy Memo 21-27 after Executive Order 14012, clarifying that adjudicators should use language “[consistent] with our character as a Nation of opportunity and of welcome.” The memo includes terms to replace “alien,” “undocumented alien or illegal alien,” and “unaccompanied alien child” in EOIR.

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