U.S. Customs and Border Protection informed its field operators that they should resume using the term "alien" to classify illegal immigrants and cease using the term "undocumented," according to an internal memo obtained by Just the News. 

The directive--which was sent by the Executive Assistant Commissioner of Field Operations to all field offices on Tuesday--announced that the government would return to using "legal, nonpolitical terminology" and follows President Donald Trump's return to the oval office earlier this week. 

Former President Biden originally directed the use of "more inclusive" immigration terms just one month after taking office in 2021. His directive ordered the terms "undocumented noncitizen" or "undocumented individual" instead of "illegal alien." 

"All prior guidance related to non-regulatory terminology is rescinded. For example, CBP personnel in distributed policy and subject case files should resume use of the term 'alien' in lieu of 'noncitizen,'" the memo reads. "All Office of Field Operations personnel are required to classify any individuals, encountered or referenced based on their nationalities and status, as recognized by U.S. law and regulation." 

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The Customs and Border Protection directive follows a similar order from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) first reported by Axios that directed the use of the term "alien" for foreign nationals.