His work further demonstrates that the AEA cannot be used in response to illegal migration or drug smuggling, but only when there is a military attack. A prison guard transfers Alien Enemies Act ...

This blog was updated on March 26, 2025. Even before President Donald Trump took office, he repeatedly used “invasion” rhetoric to divide our communities and advance an anti-immigrant agenda. Last ...

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 ...

A federal judge on Dec. 22 ruled that the Trump administration must provide court hearings or facilitate the return of Venezuelan immigrants who were deported to El Salvador's notorious megaprison ...

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 ...

In this photo provided by El Salvador's presidential press office, a prison guard transfers deportees from the U.S., alleged to be Venezuelan gang members, to the Terrorism Confinement Center in ...

The Trump administration is free to use a wartime powers law to speed up deportations after a Supreme Court ruling on Monday. The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 — which Trump used last month to deport ...

A federal judge on Monday said the U.S. government denied due process to the Venezuelan men it deported to a prison in El Salvador in March after President Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act. The ...

The Trump administration cited the U.S. indictment of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a new court filing this week, in an effort to support its argument that it had the authority to deport ...