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Apr 18, 2018 · "Illegal" appears in a section stating that an "alien" lawfully given permanent residency shall not be regarded as seeking U.S. entry in connection with the country’s immigration laws unless...
- Steve Mccraw
- Director, Texas Department of Public Safety
Feb 19, 2021 · U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced it would use inclusive language, including dropping the use of "illegal alien," a term with a fraught history in California.
- gustavo.arellano@latimes.com
- Columnist
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Oct 14, 2019 · Generally, those who are particularly supportive of deporting illegal immigrants tend to call them “illegal aliens” while those who prefer legalization tend to use the term “undocumented...
Apr 19, 2021 · Immigration Agencies Ordered Not To Use Term 'Illegal Alien' Under New Biden Policy. President Biden signs an executive order on immigration in February in the Oval Office. The Biden ...
- California's Transparent Review of Unjust Transfers and Holds (Truth) Act
- California's Racial and Identity Profiling Act
- California's Immigrant Victims of Crime Equity Act
- California's Transparency and Responsibility Using State Tools (Trust) Act
- Access to Crime Reports For Victims of Crime
Effective January 1, 2017, California's Transparent Review of Unjust Transfers and Holds (TRUTH) Actensures that local law enforcement agencies provide individuals in their custody with basic due process and information about their rights should federal immigration authorities seek to make contact with them. Specifically, the law requires: 1. Befor...
Effective January 1, 2016, California's Racial and Identity Profiling Act (AB 953) includes requirements regarding a number of significant law enforcement issues. 1. Specifically, beginning January 2016, in addition to reporting on citizen complaints received by law enforcement agencies, AB 953 requires California law enforcement agencies to begin ...
Under federal law, immigrant victims of serious crimes – and certain family members – may qualify for protection from deportation and, eventually, legal status, if law enforcement officials certify that they have assisted, are assisting, or will be assisting in the investigation or prosecution of the crimes. U visas are designed for individuals who...
Effective January 1, 2014, California's Transparency and Responsibility Using State Tools (TRUST) Actdefines the circumstances in which local law enforcement agencies may comply with immigration detainer requests. Detainer requests are the tool that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) uses when it wants state or local law enforcement agencies...
Effective January 1, 2014, Assembly Bill 1195 ensures that any victim of crime, regardless of that individual's legal status, has the right to access their crime report, and specifies that a state or local law enforcement agency cannot deny a victim of a crime access to his or her crime report because the victim cannot prove lawful presence in the ...
May 15, 2023 · Undocumented (also known as illegal or unauthorized) immigrants are not directly identified in any representative national or state surveys. But the best estimates suggest that in 2014, the year of the most recent data available, California was home to between 2.35 and 2.6 million undocumented immigrants.
Sep 24, 2021 · The term “alien” has been used to identify individuals who were not born in the United States by the federal government since 1798 and in California since 1937. In the 1990s, the word “alien” began to be used as a political dog whistle to express bigotry and hatred without using traditionally racist language.
