State and local offices across Washington are now under direction to remove “alien” from statutes. Instead, instances of that phrasing will be replaced with “noncitizen." We look at the full timeline ...

The "Injustices" series, published by the USA TODAY Network in collaboration with the Equal Justice Initiative, seeks to confront the realities of racial injustice, reckon with their enduring effects, ...

Washington will replace “alien” with “noncitizen” in most state laws; the change applies to statutes enacted after July 1, 2026.

The word “alien” will soon be replaced with “noncitizen” in Washington state law under legislation advanced by the Washington State Senate.

WASHINGTON-In a case watched closely by human rights groups and business organizations alike, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday struggled to decide when foreigners can use U.S. courts to litigate over ...

Rather than kill the corporate alien tort outright, the court maimed all forms of alien tort by restricting their territorial reach. But that's not what happened. Rather than kill the corporate alien ...

A federal agent opened fire in southern California Wednesday after a criminal illegal immigrant "weaponized his vehicle and rammed law enforcement" during an attempt to evade arrest, the Department of ...

The Alien Land Law was part of a long line of anti-Asian, anti-immigrant measures imposed by American judges and lawmakers since 1790, when Congress decreed that only white people could become ...