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 ...

Karen Ebel and Grace Shimizu, whose fathers were held prisoner in U.S. internment camps, explain the grave cost of the Alien ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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

The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 has been used during the 1812 war, World War I, and World War II. A Federal judge James ...

President Donald Trump said the US is "at war" while responding to a question about his invocation of the Alien Enemies Act ...

Trump had utilised an 18th century law, intended for use in wartime, as he claimed that the nation was facing an 'invasion' ...