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The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 is not merely a relic of a darker era in American history—it is a live wire capable of short-circuiting rights protected by US constitution. The act’s recent invocation ...

A federal appeals court has thrown out a major lawsuit challenging the government’s use of the historic Alien Enemies Act of 1798. The court ruled that the case can no longer move forward because the ...

President Donald Trump’s invocation of a wartime power to summarily deport Venezuelan nationals to El Salvador was “unlawful,” a federal judge ruled Thursday, blocking the administration from further ...

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 ...

A United States judge has issued a permanent injunction preventing the administration of President Donald Trump from using the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 (AEA) to deport Venezuelans from South Texas.

The Trump administration cannot legally restart deportations of Venezuelan migrants under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, the Supreme Court ruled Friday. The court had already temporarily stopped the ...