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Alien Enemies Act

A law from 1798 that allows for the deportation of noncitizens, with the Trump administration seeking to use it for removals.

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Jan 27, 2026
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Did Wael Tarabishi die?

Multiple local and national outlets report that 30-year-old in the intensive care unit at on Friday, Jan. 23, with news releases and hospital reporting placing the time of death in the early afternoon...

Jan 31, 2026
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What Supreme Court decisions have discussed the phrase 'illegal alien' or related immigration terminology?

has used and implicitly endorsed the statutory term “alien” and has, on occasion, used the adjective “illegal” in major opinions — most clearly in where the Court treated “illegal aliens” as “persons”...

Jan 23, 2026
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What has U.S. government publicly disclosed about the evidentiary basis for labeling deportees as Tren de Aragua members?

has publicly claimed that n migrants were identified as members or associates of the and removed under authorities including the and , but the administration has disclosed few of the underlying invest...

Jan 17, 2026

is trump’s deportations unconstitutional

The short answer: parts of the Trump administration’s deportation program are subject to plausible constitutional violations and have been so found or enjoined in court, while other elements rest on c...

Jan 9, 2026

We're legal permanent residents or citizens mistakenly deported during Trump era immigration sweeps?

A small but consequential pattern of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents being swept up in Trump administration deportation actions has been documented in multiple high-profile court fights a...

Feb 4, 2026

did supreme court give trump authority under the 1798 alien enemies act

did not issue a broad, substantive ruling that affirmatively gives carte blanche to use the 1798 to deport noncitizens; instead, in a 5–4 unsigned decision the Court vacated lower-court injunctions th...

Feb 1, 2026

Number of times trump violated constitution

There is no authoritative, court-verified tally that answers “how many times violated the Constitution”; available reporting and institutional reviews document dozens of challenged acts, hundreds of l...

Jan 31, 2026

How have courts ruled on deportation cases where public‑charge determinations were central?

There is little direct coverage in the provided reporting of appellate or Supreme Court rulings that center expressly on "public‑charge" determinations as the dispositive ground for deportation; the a...

Jan 28, 2026

How did U.S. agencies identify individuals as Tren de Aragua members for the March 2025 deportations?

agencies relied on an executive proclamation, interagency directives and a government “validation” rubric — including tattoos, photographs, clothing and other behavioral indicators — to designate nonc...

Jan 19, 2026

Has anyone Trump has deported been denied opportunity to present their paperwork

Multiple court rulings and civil-rights filings document that during the Trump administration’s recent deportation drives some people were effectively denied a meaningful opportunity to present paperw...

Jan 13, 2026

How can one locate federal court orders that require the return of deported individuals for a specific year?

A searchable, centralized public registry of federal court orders directing the return of deported people for a given year does not appear in the supplied reporting; instead, such orders are found cas...