Yesterday, the en banc US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard oral argument in W.M.M. v. Trump, a case challenging Trump's invocation of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. The full Fifth Circuit ...

A federal judge on Dec. 22 ruled that the Trump administration must provide court hearings or facilitate the return of Venezuelan immigrants who were deported to El Salvador's notorious megaprison ...

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 ...

The Trump administration cited the U.S. indictment of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a new court filing this week, in an effort to support its argument that it had the authority to deport ...

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 ...

The Trump administration looked to use the 18th-century wartime law to deport Venezuelans they say are members of the gang Tren de Aragua.