In a dramatic moment during his 2025 inaugural address, President Donald Trump referenced a set of laws passed in 1798—the Alien and Sedition Acts. These controversial laws, which placed ...

The law would allow the president to deport immigrants who are alleged to be gang members without court hearings.

The only fighting in the Quasi-War occurred at sea, and mostly in the Caribbean. But with war at a fever pitch and French ...

In response to the Alien and Sedition Acts passed by the Federalist controlled Congress and signed by President John Adams in July 1798, Democratic-Republicans howled long and loud about the ...

The administration has been unhappy with the current pace of immigrant arrests and deportations, and the ICE budget has been ...

PETALING JAYA: The government must immediately suspend the operation of the Sedition Act 1948 and then repeal it at the next Parliamentary sitting, several groups have said. They said it was ...

The so-called Alien Enemies Act of 1798 was one of four bills, collectively known as the Alien and Sedition Acts, enacted during Pres. John Adams’ administration According to the lawmakers, the law ...

Unlike the other infamous “Alien and Sedition Acts,” the AEA received wide bipartisan support, including from Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, and is still good law. It provides that when ...

According to the US National Archives website, “Passed in preparation for an anticipated war with France, the Alien and Sedition Acts tightened restrictions on foreign-born Americans and limited ...