Update: On March 15, 2025, President Donald Trump signed a proclamation invoking the Alien Enemies Act, designating the transnational gang Tren de Aragua as a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization ...

The Alien Enemies Act was enacted in 1798 to combat spying and sabotage during tensions with France. It authorises the president to deport, detain or place restrictions on individuals whose primary ...

A federal appeals court ruled the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 can’t be used to deport members of Tren de Aragua, which has been a target of the Trump administration. The act was established to give ...

In 1798, Congress passed the Alien and Sedition Acts with the support of the Adams Administration. The Alien Act granted the President unilateral authority to deport non-citizens who were subjects of ...

A federal appeals court has ruled that the administration of United States President Donald Trump illegally invoked a wartime law to deport Venezuelans as part of its immigration crackdown. Late on ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court panel has ruled that President Donald Trump cannot use an 18th-century wartime law to speed the deportations of people his administration accuses of being in ...

So the Alien Enemies Act, or originally "An Act respecting Alien Enemies,” expanded the traditional concept of “alien enemies” under the law of nations in certain respects. 1 Stat. 577 (1798) ...