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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

My new article, "Immigration is not Invasion" is now available on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In recent years, state governments and the second Trump Administration have increasingly advanced the ...

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 ...

A prison guard mans an interior perimeter at the CECOT (Counter Terrorism Confinement Center) on Dec.15, 2025 in Tecoluca, El Salvador. CECOT gained notoriety in 2025 when the Trump administration ...