UPDATE: Donald Trump Takes Office as the 47th US President
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I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky
As if one asshole is not enough..... 
What's the purpose of the Alien Enemies Act?
The Alien Enemies Act specifically allows the president to detain, relocate, or deport non-citizens from a country considered an enemy of the U.S. during wartime:Congress, with the support of President John Adams, passed the Alien Enemies Act as part of the four Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 as the U.S. stood on the brink of war with France.
"There was a lot of fear-mongering about French supporters in the United States and about conspiracies to basically get the United States in on France's side," Georgetown University Law Center professor Steve Vladeck told NPR during the presidential campaign last fall.
The controversial group of laws severely curtailed civil liberties, including by tightening restrictions on foreign-born Americans and limiting speech critical of the government.
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Trump invoking Alien Enemies Act to deport is 'a threat to everyone,' lawyer argues
After President Thomas Jefferson was elected in 1800, he either repealed or allowed most of the acts to expire, except for the Alien Enemies Act, which does not have an expiration date.It not only remained on the books but continued to expand in scope: Congress amended it in 1918 to include women.
Why aren't all of the so-called democrats calling for DJT's impeachment right about now?
Republicans would have declared DOGE an illegal organization based on its actions and filed miles of paperwork in lawsuits calling for a democratic President's impeachment if the shoe were on the other foot.
Republicans would have declared DOGE an illegal organization based on its actions and filed miles of paperwork in lawsuits calling for a democratic President's impeachment if the shoe were on the other foot.