In 1798, Congress passed the Alien and Sedition Acts with the support of the Adams Administration. The Alien Act granted the President unilateral authority to deport non-citizens who were subjects of ...

You might imagine that Donald Trump invented harsh immigration policies, but they go back to early American history. Then, as now, they were used by political parties and Presidents to gain and ...

A federal appeals court ruled the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 can’t be used to deport members of Tren de Aragua, which has been a target of the Trump administration. The act was established to give ...

President Donald Trump is channeling President John Adams. Trump is subpoenaing reporters, suing news companies and siccing legal lapdogs on critics. Adams attacked detractors with the Sedition Act of ...