TSA Will Now Refer to Non-US Citizens as ‘Aliens’ Under New Rule

TSA agents at a security checkpoint at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.

Photographer: Shelby Tauber/Bloomberg

The US Transportation Security Administration will now refer to non-US citizens as “aliens” in its regulations, according to a change announced Friday.

The decision was included in a final rule signed by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.