The dictionary definition is a general pardon for offenses. But the political definition used in the immigration debate is a point of contention. Generally, immigration-enforcement proponents consider ...

All the terms you need to know during the immigration reform debate. Jan. 30, 2103 — -- The debate over comprehensive immigration reform is now underway. Throughout the process, you are likely to ...

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The leaders of two US immigration agencies issued new guidance Monday ordering staff to end the use of terms such as “illegal alien” and “assimilation,” according to two officials, words that ...

The immigration debate has given rise to a host of new words and phrases: “self-deportation,” “operational control,” “Dreamers.” The latest: “legal status,” the enigmatic term Republicans have ...

WASHINGTON – Congress may not be able to reform the immigration system, fix the broken tax code or even pass a budget. But it’s telling the Library of Congress how to label immigrants living in the ...

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, ...

When President Donald Trump imposed a travel ban from several Muslim-majority countries in 2017, Democratic advocates and lawmakers raced to airports across the country to protest. They held news ...

(CNN) -- The leaders of two US immigration agencies issued new guidance Monday ordering staff to end the use of terms such as "illegal alien" and "assimilation," according to two officials, words that ...