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.

  • Dimmer
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    14 hours ago

    Make sense. I updated my answer.

    Guess I still haven’t internalized the fact that Russia is our master now.

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      14 hours ago

      it’s so damn wild

      imagine working in the us military as intel or counter security right now