#Trump to invoke #wartime #Alien #Enemies Act of 1798 to carry out #deportations to #Guantanamo

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Those subject to the Alien Enemies Act would not be allowed to have a court hearing or an #asylum interview since they would be processed under an emergency, wartime authority — not immigration law. Instead, they would be eligible to be detained and deported, with little to no due process, under Title 50, the section of the U.S. code housing America's war and defense #laws.

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Trump to invoke wartime Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to carry out deportations to Guantanamo

President Trump is planning to invoke a wartime law known as the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 as soon as Friday to authorize the summary deportation of some migrants.

^{Camilo Montoya-Galvez (CBS News)}