The Brennan Center For Justice highlights concerns over the administration's misuse of the Alien Enemies Act, an old law intended for wartime situations. It was designed to treat noncitizens with ties to foreign enemies as prisoners of war. Despite historical context limiting its use to wartime, some politicians are pushing to apply it during peacetime for immigration enforcement, particularly against unlawful migration and drug trafficking. This re-interpretation would represent a significant legal overreach, undermining centuries of established legal practice and broadening executive power in a troubling way.
The Alien Enemies Act, originally a wartime authority, is being misused by the administration to justify its human trafficking project and bypass conventional immigration law.
Historical precedent shows that invoking the Alien Enemies Act in peacetime represents a massive abuse of power, contradicting its intended wartime limitations.
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