When John Adams became the second president of the United States in 1797, he inherited from George Washington a new experiment in government and a bit of a mess. The country’s two political parties – ...
New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie recently recounted that last October, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump vowed on X that if elected he will invoke the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to ...
President Donald Trump is reportedly considering invoking a law that is over 200 years old to support his mass deportation agenda. Here is what the Alien Enemies Act is, and how Trump could wield it.
Donald Trump campaigning Mint Hill. President-elect Donald Trump often said during the 2024 presidential campaign that he plans to launch the nation’s largest-ever mass deportation operation in his ...
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President Donald Trump is expected to use an 18th-century law, the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, to hurry along his mass deportation effort. Trump has made deporting illegal immigrants, especially ...
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at The Conversation. President-elect Donald Trump often said during the 2024 presidential ...