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Trump is using the Alien Enemies Act to deport immigrants – but the 18th‑century law has been invoked only during times of war

As President Donald Trump often promised during his 2024 presidential campaign, on March 15, 2025, he invoked an obscure 18th-century law called the Alien Enemies Act to justify deporting 137 ...
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Trump is using the Alien Enemies Act to deport immigrants – but the 18th-century law has been invoked only during times of war

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Prison guards transfer alleged Venezuelan gang members to a detention center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, on March 16, 2025. El ...
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Trump wants to use the Alien Enemies Act to deport immigrants – but the 18th‑century law has been invoked only during times of war

President-elect Donald Trump often said during the 2024 presidential campaign that he plans to launch the nation’s largest-ever mass deportation operation in his second term. Trump has pledged to ...