Alien and Sedition Acts were reviled in their time, and John Adams was not sorry to see them go
John Adams signed the Sedition Act in an attempt to silence dissent. Some other Founding Fathers thought that muzzling the ...
What is the Alien Enemies Act and how could it be used?
The law lets the president skip the usual immigration court process to detain and deport anyone age 14 or older who is from ...
Trump Invokes Alien Enemies Act as Tool for Deportation - Federal Court Issues Temporary ...
President Donald Trump issued an executive proclamation invoking the use of the Alien Enemies Act to detain and deport ...
What is the Alien Enemies Act of 1798? What to know about the rarely used wartime law
Donald Trump is expected to invoke a rarely-used Alien Enemies Act of 1798 in an effort to ramp up deportations.
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 ...
EXPLAINER: Trump’s Use of the Alien Enemies Act
The president’s invocation of the wartime law enacted in 1798 was quickly blocked by a federal judge. It had only been used three times before in U.S. history.
Trump is using the Alien Enemies Act to deport immigrants – but the 18th-century law has ...
(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 ...
Trump is invoking the Alien Enemies Act. Here are answers to key questions about the 1798 law
President Trump says he’s using the 227-year-old law to crack down on Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang. The move is already ...
Trump May Soon Try to Use the Alien Enemies Act as a Tool for Deportation
Media reports indicate the Trump Administration may be about to invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 as a tool to facilitate ...