A History of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798
The law’s roots lie in an undeclared sea conflict between a young American nation and France. President John Adams signed the ...
DC Circuit Upholds District Court Order Blocking Deportations Under The Alien Enemies Act
Earlier today, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit upheld a district court temporary restraining order blocking the ...
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Alien and sedition redux
Many of us recall from Junior High School Civics, discussions of the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798, enacted under the administration of Federalist President John Adams. They arose from the ...
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What is the Alien Enemies Act of 1798? What to know about the rarely used wartime law
What is the Alien Enemies Act of 1798? The Alien Enemies Act of 1798, which was part of the Alien and Sedition Acts, was established under President John Adams as the U.S. faced war with ...
What is the Alien Enemies Act, and why is Donald Trump considering it?
President Trump is considering invoking the Alien Enemies Act, a law that is 200+ years old, to further his mass deportation ...
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Donald Trump invokes Alien Enemy Act of 1798 to speed up mass deportations; what it means for immigrants
President Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, claiming a Venezuelan gang invasion, to accelerate deportations of undocumented immigrants. A federal judge halted the deportation of five ...
'Nazis got better treatment,' appeals court judge says of deportees in Alien Enemies Act case
U.S. Circuit Judge Patricia Millett repeatedly pressed the Trump administration about the lack of due process protections for ...
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 ...