US judge temporarily stops west Texas immigrant deportations under Alien Enemies Act

Why Yesterday's Supreme Court Decision On the Alien Enemies Act Was Not Really A Win For Trump

The media is suggesting that yesterday's Supreme Court decision on deportations under the Alien Enemies Act was a huge win for the Trump Administration. It was not. In truth, the judges unanimously found that every alien the administration desires to...

Local View: Learn lessons from the death of a political party

In 1798, the Federalist Party controlled the presidency under John Adams and Congress, but by a narrow margin over the Democratic-Republican Party. With intent to stay in power, the Federalist administration created four acts: The Naturalization Act, Alien Friends Act, Alien Enemies Act, and the Sedition Act. These were known as the Alien and Sedition Acts. At the time, the common citizens and immigrant population tended to favor the Democratic-…

A directive issued by Attorney General Pam Bond provides the first public look at the enforcement of the Alien Enemy Act of 1798.

W. Texas deportations under 1798 law paused

A federal judge in west Texas joined other courts in temporarily blocking the deportations of Venezuelan immigrants under a 1798 wartime law known as the Alien Enemies Act.

A federal judge in West Texas joined other courts by temporarily blocking deportations of Venezuelan immigrants under an 18th-century wartime law known as the Alien Enemies Act. U.S. District Judge David Briones in El Paso issued the ruling on Friday while ordering the release of a couple accused of being members of a Venezuelan criminal gang. Briones wrote that government lawyers “have not shown that they have a legal basis” to continue detain …

Supreme Court temporarily pauses Trump's latest Alien Enemies Act deportations

The Supreme Court's temporary order prevents the administration from removing Venezuelans held in the Bluebonnet Detention Center "until further order from this court."