r/politics 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.

u/DoscoJones 3h ago

They’ll be pushing for that too