Trump To Invoke Disgraced Wartime Law to Expand Deportation Dragnet
Last used to detain Japanese Americans, the Alien Enemies Act will now be weaponized to fast-track the mass removal of hardworking, long-settled immigrants
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Last used to detain Japanese Americans, the Alien Enemies Act will now be weaponized to fast-track the mass removal of hardworking, long-settled immigrants
Trump’s raids are indiscriminately targeting everyday American citizens–striking fear in American families and sowing chaos in their communities
Despite claims that the bill is "clean," it opens the door for expanded detention, deportations, and unchecked enforcement—giving Trump even more power to terrorize immigrant communities.
The Newark mayor joins local leaders nationwide in rejecting Trump’s anti-immigrant, anti-family agenda and politics of chaos and cruelty that’s threatening to erode core democratic values
Reports indicate that the Trump administration is restarting family detention, reviving a widely criticized policy that was ended by President Biden in 2021.
Despite promising targeted enforcement, Trump’s raids are indiscriminately targeting everyday American citizens–striking fear in American families and sowing chaos in their communities
The Trump administration is ramping up its immigration surveillance apparatus, announcing a national immigrant registry alongside sweeping new policies that track both immigrants and U.S. citizens who are critical of Trump’s mass deportation agenda on social media.
The “No Bailout for Sanctuary Cities Act” forces local leaders to choose between preserving funding for essential services or facing Trump's politically motivated cuts to schools, disaster relief and more.
Glorifying one of the darkest stains in U.S. history, Trump made his plan clear: more raids, more family separation, more suffering—no matter the cost to families, communities, or democracy itself.
A new memo outlines the extent of Trump’s relentless anti-immigrant and unconstitutional attacks thus far, as he prepares to sell the next phase of his turbocharged deportation agenda to the American public tonight