1 day ago · WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed the Laken Riley Act into law, giving federal authorities broader power to deport immigrants in the U.S. …

Apr 18, 2018 · Says the term "illegal alien" is "a legal term, it’s in statute, it’s a federal term." Steve McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, makes a claim about the term …

In 2016, the Library of Congress announced it would substitute "noncitizens" and "unauthorized immigration" for "illegal aliens" as a bibliographic retrieval term, saying the once common …

Illegal immigration, or unauthorized immigration, occurs when foreign nationals, known as aliens, violate US immigration laws by entering the United States unlawfully, [1] [2] or by lawfully …

Aug 8, 2024 · How many unauthorized immigrants are in the US? An estimated 11 million in 2022. The unauthorized immigrant population consists of all foreign-born noncitizens who are not …

Jul 22, 2024 · Pew Research Center’s estimate of unauthorized immigrants as of July 2022 includes more than 3 million immigrants who have temporary protection from deportation and …

Feb 27, 2024 · Government statistics show that in the initial processing of millions of encounters, 2.5 million people have been released into the U.S. and 2.8 million have been removed or …

Apr 19, 2021 · Under former President Donald Trump, ICE officers and agents had wide latitude to arrest anyone they encountered living in the country illegally, spreading fear and confusion …

Aug 1, 2024 · Border officials encountered 11 million unauthorized migrants attempting to enter the US between October 2019 and June 2024.

1 Outside the legal context, in 2013 the Associated Press Stylebook stopped sanctioning the terms “illegal alien,” “an illegal,” “illegals,” and “undocumented.” See Associated Press, ‘Illegal …