What is the Alien Enemies Act of 1798? What to know about the rarely used wartime law
Donald Trump is expected to invoke a rarely-used Alien Enemies Act of 1798 in an effort to ramp up deportations.
What is the Alien Enemies Act, and why is Donald Trump considering it?
President Trump is considering invoking the Alien Enemies Act, a law that is 200+ years old, to further his mass deportation ...
A History of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798
The law’s roots lie in an undeclared sea conflict between a young American nation and France. President John Adams signed the Alien Enemies Act in July 1798 as the United States came to the brink of ...
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Alien and Sedition Acts were reviled in their time, and John Adams was not sorry to see them go
Adams’ Federalist Party wanted to fight; the Democratic-Republicans did not ... even invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 – which Adams signed into law alongside the Sedition Act ...
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Alien and Sedition Acts were reviled in their time, and John Adams was not sorry to see them go
Advertisement Article continues below this ad Adams’ Federalist Party wanted to fight; the Democratic-Republicans did not ... is known as the Alien and Sedition Acts. The Democratic-Republicans ...