A timeline of the legal wrangling and deportation flights after Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act
An extraordinary legal showdown took place last weekend over President Donald Trump’s invocation of an 18th century wartime ...
The Alien Enemies Act: What to know about a 1798 law that Trump has invoked for deportations
In 1798, with the U.S. preparing for what it believed would be a war with France, Congress passed a series of laws that ...
What to Know About the Alien Enemies Act and Trump’s Use of It
The president’s invocation of the wartime law enacted in 1798 was quickly blocked by a federal judge. It had only been used ...
What Is The Alien Enemies Act? Inside The 18th Century Law Trump Invoked For Deportations
President Donald Trump signed a proclamation invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. Immigration attorney Brad Bernstein ...
Trump invokes Alien Enemies Act for first time since WWII. Why was it used previously?
In a 226-year span, the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 had been invoked only three times — until now. President Donald Trump ...
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Hey, Irish Catholic Trump Supporters: Your People Were the Original Alien Enemies
When Donald Trump invoked the 227-year-old Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members this weekend, I had ...
Trump Invoked the Alien Enemies Act to Speed Up Deportations: What to Know
The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 gives the president wartime powers to deport undocumented immigrants with little to no due ...
Trump is using the Alien Enemies Act to deport immigrants – but the 18th-century law has been invoked only during times of war
(THE CONVERSATION) As President Donald Trump often promised during his 2024 presidential campaign, on March 15, 2025, he invoked an obscure 18th-century law called the Alien Enemies Act to justify ...
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What is Alien Enemies Act? Trump uses it to deport Venezuelans
Trump first referenced the act during his inauguration, promising to "eliminate the presence of all foreign gangs and ...
What is the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 that Trump wants to use in deportations?
U.S. President Donald Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act in a proclamation made public on Saturday as part of his pledge to ...
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The US Used the Alien Enemies Act to Detain Their Families. Now, They Are Watching History Repeat.
The statute justified the imprisonment in World War II of thousands like Heidi Gurcke Donald. She is horrified as Trump invokes it for mass deportation.