Invoking the law could make it far easier for the Trump administration to detain and deport undocumented immigrants living in ...

(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 ...

In a 226-year span, the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 had been invoked only three times — until now. President Donald Trump ...

President Donald Trump on March 15 invoked the Alien Enemies Act for the first time since World War II, granting himself ...

President Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 against Tren de Aragua members, provoking a legal fight. Here's what to know about the controversial law, which was last used during World War II.

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 ...

For over half a century, one thing was a constant in the Oval Office: the Swedish ivy plant above the fireplace - until now, ...

Congress approved the Alien Enemies Act in anticipation of a war against France. It has been invoked three times: during the War of 1812, World War I and World War II, according to Katherine Yon ...

In 1798, with the U.S. preparing for what it believed would be a war with France, Congress passed a ... during the War of 1812, World War I and World War II. It was part of the World War II ...

US President Donald Trump invoked a little-known, centuries-old wartime power, the Alien Enemies Act, to send more than 200 ...