In a 226-year span, the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 had been invoked only three times — until now. President Donald Trump ...

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

Administration officials said they expect the fight over using the wartime act to ultimately head to the Supreme Court.

After a federal judge temporarily blocked an effort by President Donald Trump to use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, the Trump ...

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

The president’s invocation of the wartime law enacted in 1798 was quickly blocked by a federal judge. It had only been used ...

President Donald Trump ignored a court order blocking him from invoking the Alien Enemies Act, a wartime authority that gives ...

President Donald Trump on March 17 defended the use of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 in deportations when asked about its ...

Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen and political consultant Tyler Montague take differing stances on President Donald ...

(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 ...

The Alien Enemies Act has been invoked three times before - most recently as a justification for some internments during ...