In his latest move to clamp down on illegal immigration and immigration more broadly, President Trump has filed a presidential action invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, a seldom-used law that gives the president authority to detain or deport nationals of an enemy nation during wartime. It’s only the fourth time in American history a president has used the act — and the first since World War II.

  • MyDogLovesMe@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    Hoooly fuuuck!

    You guys just lost ALL due process.

    This is full on a Dictatorship now.

    You guys have NO IDEA what just happened.

    Seriously.

    Wow!

    America just fucked itself, and the world, in the ass.

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      11 hours ago

      We know. We never got rid of the electoral college, but we tried. It was only a matter of time, sadly. The fall of techno Rome has long been harkened. Land shouldn’t vote; people should.

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      Luckily it was stopped almost immediately, for now at least. We aren’t at war so this is not legal. Does the executive listen to the courts though? I think we’ll soon see.

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      21 hours ago

      explain more please

      I was being serious but anyway I looked it up

      big fucking ooph, this was used for Japanese internment camps in wwii ffs America

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        ICE is doing arrests on suspicion of immigration status. This act allows deportation without trial or hearing. Combine the two, and anyone can be ‘legally’ disappeared with no trial.