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Trump, Alien Enemies Act

The Alien Enemies Act: What to know about a 1798 law that Trump has invoked for deportations

President Donald Trump on Saturday invoked the Alien Enemies Act for the first time since World War II, granting himself sweeping powers under a centuries-old law to deport people associated with a Venezuelan gang.

CBS News on MSN · 2d

Minnesota professor says Trump's plan to invoke Alien Enemies Act of 1798 "sidesteps" immigration laws

The act is a wartime authority that allows the president to detain and deport non-U.S. citizens from enemy countries.

The Associated Press on MSN · 22h

Trump invokes 18th century law to declare invasion by gangs and speed deportations

A federal judge on Saturday blocked the Trump administration from using an 18th century law known as the Alien Enemies Act to deport five Venezuelans, kicking off a blizzard of litigation over the controversial move even before the president has announced it.

Iowa, Trump administration and Immigration

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Trump administration moves to dismiss lawsuits against Iowa and Oklahoma over immigration laws

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Trump administration on Friday moved to dismiss lawsuits against Iowa and Oklahoma brought by the Biden administration’s Department of Justice, which challenged the states’ immigration laws making it a crime for someone to be in the state if they are in the U.S. illegally.

The Des Moines Register on MSN · 1d

Trump administration drops lawsuit challenging Iowa's 'illegal reentry' immigration law

The U.S. Department of Justice filed Friday to dismiss its lawsuit opposing a controversial Iowa law empowering local officials to arrest and deport undocumented migrants. Iowa lawmakers passed the law last year criminalizing "illegal reentry,

The New York Times · 1d

Justice Department Moves to Dismiss Challenge to Iowa Immigration Law

The law remains blocked for now. It was not immediately clear whether the dismissal request signaled a broader shift on state-level immigration enforcement.

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GOP senator weighs in on Trump’s 1798 immigration law, judge’s attempt to block it

Republican Sen. Mike Rounds (S.D.) appeared on CNN Sunday, where he spoke about President Trump’s decision to invoke a 1798 ...

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Fact check: Trump’s false claims on immigration, Biden, Ukraine in DOJ remarks

President Donald Trump made multiple false claims in a Friday speech at the Department of Justice in which he discussed the ...

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Following his promise in Aurora, Trump plans to invoke 227-year-old wartime law to deport people without immigration hearings

President Trump declared he would invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 at his October campaign rally in Aurora.

Opinion

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Trump’s Immigration Policy Delivers on His Dictatorship Promise

Trump’s theory of presidential control over immigration goes well beyond his predecessors’. In an executive proclamation issued within hours of being inaugurated, Trump asserted that he has total ...

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A sanctuary law aimed to ‘Trump-proof’ California on immigration. What has it accomplished?

Then-Gov. Jerry Brown signed the California Values Act into law in 2017, limiting state and local law enforcement's ...

‘Rules aren’t clear anymore’: Trump crackdown on student protesters sends shock waves across US universities

Last weekend’s arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian refugee whose green card was revoked over his involvement in demonstrations at Columbia University, is having a chilling effect on college ...

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Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Is Specifically Targeting Children Again

When the first Trump administration separated thousands of immigrant children from their parents, there was massive public ...

Trump Administration Deports Hundreds of Migrants, Despite Judge's Order Stopping Removal

The Trump administration has transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador despite a federal judge’s order temporarily barring the deportations under an 18th century wartime declaration targeting ...

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