Daniel Tichenor|Professor of Political Science, University of Oregon|The Conversation

Politics

Trump wants to use Alien Enemies Act to deport immigrants – the law has been used only during war

Daniel Tichenor|Professor of Political Science, University of Oregon|The Conversation

President-elect Donald Trump often said during the 2024 presidential campaign that he plans to launch the nation’s largest-ever mass deportation operation in his second term. Trump has pledged to carry out this work by using an obscure 18th-century law called the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.