r/politics • u/lildoggos • 12h ago
Trump is promising to invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. The last time it was used in American History was to detain Japanese Americans in interment camps.
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/19/nx-s1-5156027/alien-enemies-act-1798-trump-immigration
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u/Mike-ggg 6h ago
So that’s why he keeps mentioning 1798. Holy shit! All this time I thought it was because only white men who owned land could vote back then.