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 ...
A timeline of the legal wrangling and deportation flights after Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act
An extraordinary legal showdown took place last weekend over President Donald Trump’s invocation of an 18th century wartime ...
Tren de Aragua 'invaded our country' and Trump has removed them, Pam Bondi says
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi says the Alien Enemies Act applies to the situation in the U.S. on 'Jesse Watters Primetime.' ...
Judge orders hearing over Trump admin's deportations under the Alien Enemies Act
Trump issued a proclamation that the 1798 law was newly in effect due to what he claimed was an invasion by the Venezuelan ...
Trump administration touts deportations under Alien Enemies Act after a judge temporarily blocked its use
Administration officials said they expect the fight over using the wartime act to ultimately head to the Supreme Court.
Did the Trump administration violate court orders with Alien Enemies Act deportations?
ACLU lawyers want answers from the federal government about its deportation actions over the weekend. A judge ordered a ...
Trump invokes 18th century Alien Enemies Act to declare invasion of Tren de Aragua, speed deportations
Claiming the United States was being invaded by a Venezuelan gang, President Donald Trump on Saturday invoked the Alien ...
Trump admin claims judge’s oral directive halting Tren de Aragua deportation flight was ‘not enforceable’
DC US District Judge James Boasberg issued a temporary restraining order on Saturday halting President Trump from invoking ...
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Trump invokes 18th century Alien Enemies Act to declare invasion of Tren de Aragua, speed deportations
Trump signed a presidential order in January, designating Tren de Aragua a foreign terrorist ... Prior to today, the Alien Enemies Act had only been utilized four times. President Franklin D.
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Trump invokes 200-year-old wartime act to combat notorious Venezuelan gang Tren De Aragua as 'alien enemies'
President Donald Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act ... secured, and removed as Alien Enemies.' The Tren de Aragua gang originated in a prison in the South American country and accompanied ...
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 ...
What’s the Alien Enemies Act? Why Did Trump Use It to Deport Venezuelans?
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 ...