President Donald Trump has implemented use of the executive authority since then Returning to the post in January.
As he continues his repression of unauthorized immigration, the President now wants to use a law little known since the first days in the United States, although he can face legal challenges to do so.
Cnn He reported that several sources have indicated that Trump is preparing to evoke the law of 1798 alien enemies in his immigration repression.
Trump aims to use 18th -century law in repression of immigrant bands
According to reports, Trump intends to use the law as part of a repression against Aragua train, or ADD, a Venezuela -based criminal organization that is now in the United States among other countries. If the President has his way, he could use the Alien enemies law to detain and deport unauthorized immigrants more easily, including members of the gang.
In one of the many Executive orders Trump signed the day of the inauguration, Trump announced that “the process of designating cartels would begin, including the dangerous Aragua train, as foreign terrorist organizations and would use the Aliens Enemies Act to eliminate them.” CNN reported that Trump could evoke the event as soon as Friday, although the National Security Department has not yet announced this movement.
Trump’s authority to use controversial law is questionable
Although Trump seeks to use the enemies of aliens against ADD or other unauthorized immigrants, he would probably face significant legal challenges. Like the Brennan Center For justice notes, the act is a measure of war that has been used only in three cases: during the war of 1812, the First World War and World War II. The event was increasingly used to detain, deport or restrict immigrants from countries with which the United States had hostilities, such as Germany, Hungary, Italy or Japan. The most noticeable use of the event was during World War II, when he was part of the justification of Japanese internment, an act by which the United States government has later apologized.
Legally, it is generally the Congress to evoke the alien enemies law, intended for war situations. Brennan’s center states that “invoking it in peace time to avoid the conventional immigration law would be impressive abuse.” The organization, however, indicates that the president can evoke the event in the event of an emergency if there is an “invasion” or a “predatory raid” by a foreign force. The ambiguity of these terms leaves the circumstances in which the President can evoke the act until the interpretation. The act has been the subject of several court cases In the past, while some legislators have suggested that it be completely repealed. A Trump attempt to use him would now face legal challenges.
Although Trump would have, therefore obscure laws To cling to immigration. Given this history, Trump is likely to claim Authority by virtue of aliens enemies as part of its wider push towards heavy use of the executive branch, regardless of whether or not the courts let it be done
