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 war with France.

Legal thinkers advise caution on denying due process, while GOP lawmakers go along with the Trump administration.

Here are the three times in U.S. history the act has been invoked. After declaring war on Great Britain in 1812, the United States used the Alien Enemies Act to declare all British nationals living in the states as “alien enemies” due to their ...

Among the copious number of court rulings halting or reversing President Trump’s copious number of executive orders is a federal judge halting POTUS 47’s use of the Alien Enemies Act

The U.S. treated alleged Nazis better during World War II than the Trump administration treated Venezuelan migrants last week, a judge told DOJ attorneys at a hearing.