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Trump Plans to Use 18th-Century “Alien Enemies Act” for Mass Deportations

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69% Informative

Donald Trump plans to use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport millions of people.

The law was signed by John Adams in 1798 and allows the government to detain and remove immigrants when there is “a declared war between the United States and any foreign nation or government” The act has been invoked just three times during the War of 1812 , World War I , and World War II .

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69

Informative language

65

Neutral language

58

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

66

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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not detected

Known propaganda techniques

detected

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short-lived

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