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 ...

Three of the four acts expired shortly after they were signed into law in the late 1700s. One remains active-and it's been at the center of constitutional debates ever since.

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 ...

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 ...