An exchange between a legislator and the leader of Texas’ state law enforcement agency made us wonder whether federal law uses “illegal alien” to describe any individual living in the U.S. without ...

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WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump has issued a proclamation invoking the Alien Enemies Act, an 18th-century law previously used when the US was at war. The law has been invoked three times before - ...

U.S. District Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr., an appointee of President Donald Trump, said the president overstepped his authority in invoking war powers to summarily deport alleged members of a ...

President Donald Trump is attempting to use a wartime presidential power that has gone unused for eight decades in an effort to fulfill his campaign promise to deport millions of immigrants. Trump ...