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Trump invokes Alien Enemies Act, a wartime law

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What is the Alien Enemies Act of 1798? What to know about the rarely used wartime law

Donald Trump is expected to invoke a rarely-used Alien Enemies Act of 1798 in an effort to ramp up deportations.

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What is the Alien Enemies Act and how could it be used?

The law lets the president skip the usual immigration court process to detain and deport anyone age 14 or older who is from or the citizen of a “hostile nation or government.”

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 deporting 137 Venezuelans he says are associated with a Venezuelan gang.

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Alien and Sedition Acts were reviled in their time, and John Adams was not sorry to see them go

John Adams signed the Sedition Act in an attempt to silence dissent. Some other Founding Fathers thought that muzzling the ...

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Trump Invokes Alien Enemies Act as Tool for Deportation - Federal Court Issues Temporary Restraining Order Against it [Updated]

President Donald Trump issued an executive proclamation invoking the use of the Alien Enemies Act to detain and deport ...

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The Alien Enemies Act Has Been an Offense Against the Constitution Since Birth

Now, you will be shocked, I'm sure, to learn how the administration is misusing this Revolutionary-era relic to serve the ...

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