President Donald Trump on Saturday, invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, claiming the US was facing an invasion by a Venezuelan gang. The law, originally meant for wartime, gives the president broad ...

As part of his efforts to crack down on immigration, President Trump has invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, an obscure law that has been used sparingly throughout U.S. history to detain or deport ...

The law, which gives the president sweeping powers over non-citizens, was part of a set of statutes that emerged during the tenuous period following the Revolutionary War. Japanese Americans deal with ...

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The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 is not merely a relic of a darker era in American history—it is a live wire capable of short-circuiting rights protected by US constitution. The act’s recent invocation ...

President Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, claiming a Venezuelan gang invasion, to accelerate deportations of undocumented immigrants. A federal judge halted the deportation of five ...

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