Lawyers I’ve talked to are scared shidless
One told me about this and Trump is out here telling everyone what time it is
This act originally authorized the U.S. President to detain or deport citizens of enemy nations during WARTIME.
The times it has been enacted are:
-The War of 1812
-WW1
-WW2
-One separate instance in 1948 which resulted in the supreme court case Ludecke v. Watkins
In Ludecke v. Watkins (1948), the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the President's authority in using the Act to detain and deport alien enemies, affirming that this power extends BEYOND times of active war and is not subject to judicial review.
Roosevelt used it on citizens to put them in camps. No doubt Trump would too
I still do not want Trump to win at all, but the American economy going off the rails because they deported all the migrants would be poetic justice. It would likely take that for them to realise immigrants aren't the enemy.