For four Venezuelan friends, Alien Enemies Act cuts short an American dream
President Donald Trump used the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans accused of being gang members. Relatives of men sent ...
A Timeline Of The Legal Wrangling And Deportation Flights After Trump Invoked The Alien Enemies Act
An extraordinary legal showdown took place over Trump’s invocation of an 18th century wartime act to deport hundreds of ...
Trump Invoked the Alien Enemies Act to Speed Up Deportations: What to Know
The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 gives the president wartime powers to deport undocumented immigrants with little to no due ...
Judge expands temporary block on Trump's plan to use the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans
The judge’s initial temporary restraining order blocked the Trump administration from deporting five Venezuelans.
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 ...
The Alien Enemies Act: What to know about a 1798 law that Trump has invoked for deportations
In 1798, with the U.S. preparing for what it believed would be a war with France, Congress passed a series of laws that ...
Judge in Alien Enemies Act case chides DOJ lawyer over refusal to answer key questions about deportations
The court fight focuses on the Trump administration's use of a 1798 law to deport people it claims are part of the Venezuelan ...
Trump Admin Ups Defiance Of Court Over Alien Enemies Act Removals
A Trump Justice Department attorney asserted to a top D.C. federal judge at a hearing Monday afternoon that the government ...
Our Fathers Were Interned Under the Alien Enemies Act. This Law Should Be Repealed, Not Revived
Karen Ebel and Grace Shimizu, whose fathers were held prisoner in U.S. internment camps, explain the grave cost of ...
What is the Alien Enemies Act, and how could it be used?
Trump announced Saturday that he would begin using the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to target Venezuelan migrants, citing the ...
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The US Used the Alien Enemies Act to Detain Their Families. Now, They Are Watching History Repeat.
The statute justified the imprisonment in World War II of thousands like Heidi Gurcke Donald. She is horrified as Trump invokes it for mass deportation.
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 ...