Why the Alien Enemies Act Should be Repealed
Mihaela Chircă
P resident Donald Trump loves the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. At a campaign rally in Arizona in 2024, Trump said that when he was elected president he would use the act to target undocumented criminal immigrants. “Think of that—1798,” he said with a laugh. “Oh, it’s a powerful act. You couldn’t pass something like that today.” Well, he was right about that. In Proclamation 10903 on March 14 , Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act to declare that the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TdA) was
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