The Alien Enemies Act — part of the Alien and Sedition Acts that Congress adopted in 1798 — gives the federal government additional authority to regulate non-citizens in times of war.

The act was introduced amid escalating tensions with France in the late 18th century. US President Donald Trump on Saturday invoked the Alien Enemies Act - a wartime law last used in World War II ...

President Trump invoked the Aliens Enemies Act (AEA) of 1798 on Saturday, fulfilling a campaign promise and GOP party platform point by initiating a concerted effort to remove Venezuelan ...

President Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, claiming a Venezuelan gang invasion, to accelerate deportations of undocumented immigrants. A federal judge halted the deportation of five ...

Crew-9 commander Nick Hague donned a grey alien mask inside the ISS as his crew awaited the arrival of astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos ...

President Trump is planning to invoke a wartime law known as the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 as soon as Friday to authorize the summary deportation of some migrants, including to Guantanamo Bay ...

NASA astronaut Nick Hague dons a grey alien mask with Sunita Williams watching. Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, the two US astronauts currently stuck in space for nine months, had an unlikely ...

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 ...

"There really is something very different about how these giant planets form versus how small planets like Earth form." Scientists have used data from NASA's retired planet-hunting space telescope ...

As he promised on the campaign trail, Trump used the Alien Enemies Act to send hundreds of people with alleged Venezuelan gang ties to El Salvador, ignoring a court order blocking their deportations.

The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 is a widely condemned detainment law designed to be used in the throes of war. Under Trump, it could be applied to target any non-citizen whom he deems a threat Kyler ...