The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 gives the president wartime powers to deport undocumented immigrants with little to no due process.

The Trump administration came to the Supreme Court on Friday morning, asking the justices to allow it to enforce an executive order that directs government officials to quickly remove, without a hearing,

The White House said later on Friday that Trump wasn't referring to the invocation but, rather, the original act signed by President John Adams in 1798.

President Donald Trump on Friday downplayed his involvement in invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1789 to deport Venezuelan migrants, saying for the first time that he hadn’t signed the proclamation, even as he stood by his administration’s move.

President Donald Trump may not resume summary deportations of people he deems to be part of a Venezuelan gang, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. The 2-1 ruling by a panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals is another blow to Trump’s effort to deploy wartime powers to quickly deport hundreds of people he claims are members of the gang,

The U.S. deported hundreds of immigrants after President Donald Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act for the first time since World War II.

It was the third time this week the administration asked the Supreme Court to intervene after one of its initiatives was blocked in court.

President Donald Trump on Saturday invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to target a Venezuelan gang he accused of "unlawfully infiltrating" the United States.

The DC Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily halted the Trump administration's deportation of suspected Venezuelan gang members under the Alien Enemies Act. The 1798 law was invoked to deport men linked to the Tren de Aragua gang,