A federal judge on Saturday temporarily blocked an effort by President Donald Trump to use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport suspected members of a Venezuelan gang he has accused of “unlaw ...

Congress originally passed the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 as the U.S. was poised to go to war with France. The law grants a U.S. president the power to summarily detain or deport non-citizens deemed a ...

Japanese Americans deal with paperwork at an internment camp January 01, 1942. Use of the Alien Enemies Act during World War II led to the incarceration of thousands of civilians of Japanese ...

(CNN) — A divided federal appeals court has maintained a temporary block on President Donald Trump’s ability to use the Alien Enemies Act to quickly deport alleged members of a Venezuelan gang.

The Marcoses and the ICC are minor enemies of the Dutertes. The Dutertes’ major enemies are their ego and hubris.

The Alien Enemies Act is the only one of the notorious Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 still in force. But the Act can only be used in the event of a declared war, or an "invasion" or "predatory ...

Wednesday’s 2-1 decision — written by appellate Judge Karen Henderson, who was appointed by George H.W. Bush — states that the Alien Enemies Act gives the president “near-blanket authority ...

A federal appellate court declined to issue a stay on a lower court's orders in a suit challenging the Trump administration's authority to deport Venezuelan nationals via a 1798 wartime law.

President Donald Trump had invoked the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to summarily remove alleged Venezuelan gang members and fly them to El Salvador. “This Court should halt this unprecedented intrusio ...

Rachel Maddow reacted with frustration and a lot of confusion Monday night to not only the Trump administration‘s weekend invocation of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 but also the administration ...

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Throughout the hearing, Millett voiced her concern with how Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act deprived those targeted by the president with any due process rights to challenge the government ...