The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 gives the president wartime powers to deport undocumented immigrants with little to no due process.

It’s not clear exactly when Trump signed the Alien Enemies Act proclamation. The proclamation stated that it was signed on March 14; an ICE officer testified that it was first posted on the White House website at 3:53 p.m. ET on March 15.

President Donald Trump on Friday downplayed his involvement in invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1789 to deport Venezuelan migrants, saying for the first time that he hadn’t signed the proclamation, even as he stood by his administration’s move.

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt also slammed U.S. District Judge James Boasberg as a "Democrat activist" after he halted deportation flights to El Salvador.

Updates and the latest news as JD Vance visits Greenland and Trump swears in his former lawyer Alina Habba as U.S. attorney for New Jersey.

President Trump on Friday deflected when asked if he signed the order to invoke the Alien Enemies Act, an 18th-century wartime law, to deport Venezuelan migrants allegedly linked to the Tren de

The White House’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to remove Venezuelans it has accused of being gang members is an abuse of war powers that critics say could open the door to mass deportations from a

Justice Department official says ‘terrorists don’t get to hide behind closed doors’ as legal experts sound alarm