Judge Limits Trump's Ability to Deport People Under the 18th Century Alien Enemies Act

This theory appears to be unprecedented and has not been subject to judicial review,

the Congressional Research Service said

Summary detentions and deportations under the law conflict with contemporary understandings of equal protection and due process,

the Brennan Center said

Invoking it in peacetime to bypass conventional immigration law would be a staggering abuse,

the Brennan Center for Justice wrote, calling it “at odds with centuries of legislative

Last night, it appears the government was preparing to deport a number of Venezuelans they had no legal authority to deport,

said Ahilan Arulanantham, an immigration lawyer in Los Angeles who filed two petitions to block deportations that night

By invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, I will direct our government to use the full and immense power of federal and state law enforcement to eliminate the presence of all foreign gangs and criminal networks bringing devastating crime to U.S. soil,

he said