Immigration attorneys are scrambling to seek emergency relief from a federal court in Texas after learning that Venezuelan migrants detained there received notices that they are subject to President ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An appellate judge told prosecutors Monday that “Nazis got better treatment under the Alien Enemy Act” than the Venezuelan ...

A Border Patrol Agent patrols along a stretch of border wall, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in Brownsville, Texas. A federal judge in Brownsville extended a temporary restraining order this week that ...

The case stems from an arrest during a routine ICE check-in. Credit: Courtesy Neal via Adobe Stock The case stems from an arrest during a routine ICE check-in. Courtesy Neal via Adobe Stock U.S.

The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 is not merely a relic of a darker era in American history—it is a live wire capable of short-circuiting rights protected by US constitution. The act’s recent invocation ...

In the New York Times, Devlin Barrett reports that "Trump administration lawyers have determined that an 18th-century wartime law the president has invoked to deport suspected members of a Venezuelan ...

What is the Alien Enemies Act? It's an 18th-century law that allows the president to detain or deport immigrants from countries the U.S. is at war with. In more than 225 years, the law had been ...

Stengel is an MSNBC analyst and the former Editor of TIME. The U.S. Supreme Court is shown on March 17, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Stengel is an MSNBC analyst and the former Editor of TIME. President ...

The president has drawn criticism for invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, a widely condemned law that makes it easier to detain foreign citizens Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg via Getty President ...