· The Southern Maryland Chronicle · By Samantha Hawkins · From the Border Crossing Law Firm media archive.
This edition of the Capital News Service article reports on the CHANGE Act and the dispute over removing 'illegal alien' from federal usage. Shahid Haque explains that unauthorized presence is often a civil matter, that immigrants reach that position through many different circumstances, and that labeling a person 'illegal' encourages the public to see an entire life as criminal.
The article placed a longstanding theme of Shahid's public education work into a concrete congressional debate. It also showed how strongly immigration language had shifted during the Trump years.