The Alien Act was enacted by John Adams’s Federalist administration in preparation for a war that didn’t actually happen. In 1798, President John Adams signed a series of four bills designed to ...

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court panel has ruled that President Trump cannot use an 18th century wartime law to speed the deportations of people his administration accuses of being in a Venezuelan ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the most important court decision on a day full of them, the most conservative federal appeals court became the first to ...

A federal appeals court ruled the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 can’t be used to deport members of Tren de Aragua, which has been a target of the Trump administration. The act was established to give ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Venezuelan migrants who were jailed in El Salvador get off a plane at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela ...

The case is likely to be the first to reach the Supreme Court on the substantive issue of the president’s invocation of a rarely used wartime law. By Alan Feuer See more of our coverage in your search ...

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s administration cannot invoke the 1798 Alien Enemies Act (AEA) to deport Venezuelan nationals and enjoined ...

A federal appeals court late Tuesday ruled President Trump can’t invoke a wartime law to swiftly deport alleged Venezuelan gang members, a key legal tool the administration has used to implement its ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court panel ruled Tuesday that President Donald Trump cannot use an 18th-century wartime law to speed the deportations of people his administration accuses of ...