The Alien Enemies Act of 1798, which gives the president power to detain or deport foreign “enemies,” could be broadly applied to target any non-citizens that Trump declares a threat

Donald Trump is vowing to invoke a 226-year-old law to justify mass detainments and deportations in the United States, saying that Election Day will be known as “Liberation Day” if he is handed the keys to the White House.

The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 is a widely condemned immigration law that gives the president sweeping powers to bypass equal protection and due process while targeting foreign citizens. When it has been invoked, it has led to human rights crises that history looks down upon — but the law has not formally been repealed by Congress.

In a recent social media post after speaking in Aurora, Colo., about immigrants, Trump wrote, “We are now known, all throughout the world, as OCCUPIED AMERICA…But to everyone here in Colorado and all across our nation, I make you this vow: November 5th, 2024 will be LIBERATION DAY in America.”


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  • @dohpaz42
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    If it’s so “widely condemned” then why hasn’t congress repealed it? 🤔

    • @Arbiter
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      Why won’t the state surrender power? It’s a mystery.

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        To me what’s surprising is that no court has overturned it yet.

        I guess though because it hasn’t been invoked since the 1940s so there’s no defendant to sue in a modern court…

    • @AbidanYre
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      No lobbyists are paying them to.

  • @ArgentRaven
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    That might be one of the scariest things he’s said so far. I’ll send this to my friend and relatives that support Trump but aren’t actually citizens (crazy I know, but I’m in Oklahoma where fox news is on every public tv). Maybe this will snap some of them out of it finally.

      • Cadeillac
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        Omnomnom faces

        - The Leopard

        • @[email protected]
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          • runs on a platform of eating face and huffing blow
          • proceeds to eat face and huff a butt load of blow
          • surprise
  • masterofn001
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    Remember the noise about FEMA camps?

    Believe it or not, projection.

    • @PapaStevesy
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      Any allegation that’s not projection is only because he hasn’t had the chance yet. He thinks Democrats would do these things because he would do these things. It’s the same reason he thinks people want to fuck his daughter.

  • @barsquid
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    At each new Nazi rhetoric scandal I think, “it couldn’t possibly be more obvious that all Republicans are Nazis.” I have been wrong every time.

    • Tiefling IRL
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      And yet socials (including Lemmy) are full of idiots claiming that “both sides are Nazis” or “Dems are the real Nazis”

  • @9tr6gyp3
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    America IS occupied, but that occupation started during the colonization era.

    • @Eheran
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      Where do you draw the line? Sounds like “occupation” as you use it has little to do with the common usage and definition of that word.

      • @9tr6gyp3
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        No, you’re right. Occupations are temporary. The colonial invasion from the immigrants of that time still has not ended, and they have seized the land from the indigenous people.

        • @WhatAmLemmy
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          We are all occupying the universe temporarily. We are all the illegal immigrants!

  • @graycube
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    Even if he wins the election, he will not be president on November 5th.

  • BlackLaZoR
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    but the law has not formally been repealed by Congress.

    Well, then whose fault really is it?

    Edit: I hear only cicadas

    • @LifeInMultipleChoice
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      It was Terry’s fault. He was told multiple times to back up as the fireworks were already lit. He panicked, he didn’t have control over his emotions and failed to move his vehicle.