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.

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

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

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

The judge’s initial temporary restraining order blocked the Trump administration from deporting five Venezuelans.

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

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from deporting any noncitizens pursuant to the president's recent ...

President Trump is considering invoking the Alien Enemies Act, a law that is 200+ years old, to further his mass deportation ...

When President Donald Trump ordered the deportation of hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members on March 14, he did so by invoking a controversial US law that hasn’t been used since World War ...

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 ...