What is the Alien Enemies Act? It's an 18th-century law that allows the president to detain or deport immigrants from countries the U.S. is at war with. In more than 225 years, the law had been ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump claims that the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 grants him the power to deport certain Venezuelan-born aliens without due process, based on the mere allegation of membership in a ...

Stengel is an MSNBC analyst and the former Editor of TIME. The U.S. Supreme Court is shown on March 17, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Stengel is an MSNBC analyst and the former Editor of TIME. President ...

A judge in California on Monday blocked the Trump administration from using the wartime Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan migrants in the Los Angeles area, ruling that the government hasn't ...

President Trump's push to remove people from the U.S. using the wartime Alien Enemies Act got a rare stamp of approval from a federal judge this week, as one of the more controversial parts of Mr.

Immigration attorneys are scrambling to seek emergency relief from a federal court in Texas after learning that Venezuelan migrants detained there received notices that they are subject to President ...

The case stems from an arrest during a routine ICE check-in. Credit: Courtesy Neal via Adobe Stock The case stems from an arrest during a routine ICE check-in. Courtesy Neal via Adobe Stock U.S.

A federal district judge ruled Thursday that the Alien Enemies Act (AEA) does not permit President Trump to swiftly deport alleged Venezuelan gang members to a prison in El Salvador, extending a block ...