The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 gives the president wartime powers to deport undocumented immigrants with little to no due ...

In 1798, with the U.S. preparing for what it believed would be a war with France, Congress passed a series of laws that ...

The court fight focuses on the Trump administration's use of a 1798 law to deport people it claims are part of the Venezuelan ...

A Trump Justice Department attorney asserted to a top D.C. federal judge at a hearing Monday afternoon that the government ...

An extraordinary legal showdown took place last weekend over President Donald Trump’s invocation of an 18th century wartime ...

President Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 against Tren de Aragua members, provoking a legal fight. Here's what to know about the controversial law, which was last used during World War II.

Many of the noncitizens deported pursuant to the Alien Enemies Act did not have criminal records, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement official said in a sworn filing.

Last invoked in 1941, the Alien Enemies Act provided the legal basis for the arrest and detention of thousands of Japanese nationals. Its implementation paved the way for the eventual mass ...

In a 226-year span, the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 had been invoked only three times — until now. President Donald Trump fulfilled a campaign promise to use the wartime act as a shortcut to deport ...

President Donald Trump signed a proclamation invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. Immigration attorney Brad Bernstein ...