Alien Enemies Act
Trump called it the Criminal Aliens Act in a recent speech.
The Alien Enemies Actgave the president additional powers to detain non-citizens during times of war. (still in effect)
The Alien Enemies Act, in which non-citizens hailing from a country at war with the United States could arbitrarily be detained or deported; the Enemies Act remains in effect today and has been invoked several times…
https://www.worldhistory.org/Alien_and_Sedition_Acts/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_and_Sedition_Acts
Recent articles by MSM - they seem afraid of the Alien Enemies Act.
October 9, 2024:
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/alien-enemies-act-explained
The Alien Enemies Act, Explained
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The Constitution give Congress, not the president, the power to declare war, so the president must wait for democratic debate and a congressional vote to invoke the Alien Enemies Act based on a declared war. But the president need not wait for Congress to invoke the law based on a threatened or ongoing invasion or predatory incursion. The president has inherent to repel these kinds of sudden attacks — an authority that necessarily implies the discretion to decide when an invasion or predatory incursion is underway.
the term invasion is used literally, typically to refer to large-scale attacks.
The termpredatory incursionis also used literally in writings of that period to refer to slightly smaller attacks.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2024/10/15/trump-aims-to-expand-domestic-military-use-if-reelected/
… (Trump) is also pledging to“declare war” on cartelsand deploy the Navy in a blockade that would board and inspect ships for fentanyl.