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Eugene

(63,791 posts)
Thu Mar 13, 2025, 02:09 PM Thursday

Trump expected to invoke wartime authority to speed up mass deportation effort in coming days

Source: CNN

Trump expected to invoke wartime authority to speed up mass deportation effort in coming days

By Priscilla Alvarez, Jennifer Hansler and Alayna Treene, CNN
2 minute read
Updated 12:54 PM EDT, Thu March 13, 2025

(CNN) — The Trump administration is expected to invoke a sweeping wartime authority to speed up the president’s mass deportation pledge in the coming days, according to four sources familiar with the discussions.

The little-known 18th-century law, the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, gives the president tremendous authority to target and remove undocumented immigrants, though legal experts have argued it would face an uphill battle in court.

CNN previously reported that the authority was being widely discussed at several agencies as administration officials prepared to implement the law. The primary target remains Tren de Aragua (TDA), a Venezuelan organized crime group that is now operating in the United States and other countries.

Trump had ordered his administration to designate TDA as a foreign terrorist organization and use the measure to remove those identified.

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Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/13/politics/alien-enemies-act-deportation-consideration/index.html

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Trump expected to invoke wartime authority to speed up mass deportation effort in coming days (Original Post) Eugene Thursday OP
And if that doesn't work, all he has to do is start an actual war. Doodley Thursday #1
Does he need Congress first...... Lovie777 Thursday #2
More smoke and mirrors to terrify immigrants into self deporting. At his current rate he won't get very far. dutch777 Thursday #3
Why this likely won't work and immediately be challenged: LetMyPeopleVote Thursday #4
wartime authority may become a favorite TSF tool. Anyone think he would hesitate to use wiggs Thursday #5
Is there a war going on? Prairie Gates Thursday #6

dutch777

(4,068 posts)
3. More smoke and mirrors to terrify immigrants into self deporting. At his current rate he won't get very far.
Thu Mar 13, 2025, 02:22 PM
Thursday

Last I ran the numbers, and that is assuming the deportation numbers being reported now are even accurate, he won't deport the 11 million illegal immigrants in my or even most of those immigrants lifetimes. Plus, while he plays up how many he is stopping from illegally crossing the border, the many folks who end up becoming illegals, in fact come in legally on visas by conventional transportation but simply overstay them. Without doing anything about visa immigration, he is acting real busy but hardly making a dent. And as someone pointed out earlier on DU, isn't it ironic that these slacking, welfare cheat illegal immigrants are getting picked up by ICE at their jobs !?!?! You know, paying taxes and doing work we need done but don't want to do ourselves, jobs.

LetMyPeopleVote

(160,014 posts)
4. Why this likely won't work and immediately be challenged:
Thu Mar 13, 2025, 05:04 PM
Thursday



REAKING: Trump to invoke the 1798 Alien Enemies Act, to try and detain and deport non-citizens.

Why this likely won't work and immediately be challenged:

The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 grants the President authority to detain or deport nationals of a hostile nation during times of declared war.

- The Act is activated only during formal war declarations against specific nations. Without such a declaration, its provisions cannot be invoked.

- The Act pertains to nationals of countries with which the U.S. is at war, not to undocumented immigrants.

- Supreme Court rulings, such as Zadvydas v. Davis, have emphasized that indefinite detention of non-citizens without due process violates constitutional rights, limiting the executive's power in this context.

- Using the Act for mass deportations without due process raises significant legal and ethical issues, including potential violations of human rights and civil liberties.

wiggs

(8,144 posts)
5. wartime authority may become a favorite TSF tool. Anyone think he would hesitate to use
Thu Mar 13, 2025, 05:17 PM
Thursday

that or martial law this time around?

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