The White House said Tuesday Abrego Garcia would not be returning to the U.S., despite an ICE official admitting to a judge a day earlier that his deportation to El Salvador’s notorious Terrorism Confinement Center was an “oversight.

The law, which gives the president sweeping powers over non-citizens, was part of a set of statutes that emerged during the tenuous period following the Revolutionary War.

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt also slammed U.S. District Judge James Boasberg as a "Democrat activist" after he halted deportation flights to El Salvador.

President Trump on Friday deflected when asked if he signed the order to invoke the Alien Enemies Act, an 18th-century wartime law, to deport Venezuelan migrants allegedly linked to the Tren de

The White House’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to remove Venezuelans it has accused of being gang members is an abuse of war powers that critics say could open the door to mass deportations from a

It’s not clear exactly when Trump signed the Alien Enemies Act proclamation. The proclamation stated that it was signed on March 14; an ICE officer testified that it was first posted on the White House website at 3:53 p.m. ET on March 15.

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The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to lift a District Court judge's order blocking the use of an obscure 18th century law to summarily expel Venezuelan immigrants. Earlier this month,