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Interior view of one of the internment camp barracks at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, during World War I. The Alien Enemies Act has been invoked three times in U.S. history prior to President Donald Trump ...

As part of his efforts to crack down on immigration, President Trump has invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, an obscure law that has been used sparingly throughout U.S. history to detain or deport ...

Max Ebel fled his home in Nazi Germany after he was assaulted for refusing to join the Hitler Youth. Susumu Shimizu, a Japanese immigrant in Peru, helped run a successful family business in Lima.

There are no signs yet that talk of Trump’s terror will push undocumented immigrants to self-deport in droves. Instead, they and their U.S. citizen children might ...

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Updated September 3, 2025 at 9:15 AM CDT As part of his efforts to crack down on immigration, President Trump has invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, an obscure law that has been used sparingly ...