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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Trump is invoking the Alien Enemies Act. Here are answers to key questions about the 1798 law
The Alien Enemies Act has been invoked three times before - most recently as a justification for some internments during ...
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 ...
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 ...
Judge blocks Trump from deporting noncitizens under Alien Enemies Act, orders flights turned around
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from deporting any noncitizens pursuant to the president's recent ...
What is the Alien Enemies Act? Trump expected to invoke 1798 law to speed up deportations
Trump has made deporting illegal immigrants, especially members of criminal organizations such as Tren de Aragua, a priority ...
Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s ability to quickly deport noncitizens under Alien Enemies Act
A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s ability to use a sweeping wartime authority to quickly deport ...
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 fulfilled a campaign promise to use the wartime act as a shortcut to deport ...
What is the Alien Enemies Act Trump invoked to speed deportations?
President Trump has invoked the 18th-century Alien Enemies Act to allow the federal government to detain or deport people from countries deemed foreign adversaries, including targeting cartels as ...