US: Repeal Alien Enemies Act

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Demonstrators in New York City protest outside the Permanent Mission of El Salvador to the United Nations on April 24, 2025, demanding the release of Venezuelan detainees deported by the Trump administration and jailed in El Salvador's Terrorism Confinement Center or CECOT prison. © 2025 Sipa via AP Images The Trump administration is the first in US history to invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 outside a context of a declared war.The Alien Enemies Act is incompatible with US obligations under international human rights and refugee law.Congress should repeal the…

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