The attack on Pearl Harbor was a defining moment in American history, pushing the nation into a global war. However, it also revealed how fear and prejudice can lead to the violation of civil ...

Advocates worry the move is part of the president’s mass deportation agenda and could lead to the targeting of more immigrant ...

The law’s roots lie in an undeclared sea conflict between a young American nation and France. President John Adams signed the Alien Enemies Act in July 1798 as the United States came to the brink of ...

Last used during World War II, the law served as the legal rationale behind the forced relocation and internment of 120,000 Japanese Americans, as well as people of German and Italian descent.

Roosevelt signed Proclamation 2525 under the Alien Enemies Act, granting the government the authority to arrest, control and ...

Located in the heart of LA’s Little Tokyo neighborhood, the museum embraces the Japanese-American experience in all its permutations, including aspects that other persecuted and marginalized ...

Vladeck says the Alien Enemies Act was used to detain mostly Italian and German nationals. The bulk of the more than 100,000 Japanese Americans who were placed in internment camps during the war ...

The act was also put into effect during World War II when President Franklin Roosevelt used it against Japanese, German and Italian nationals. It led to the internment of Japanese Americans during ...

The act was also put into effect during World War II when President Franklin Roosevelt used it against Japanese, German and Italian nationals. It led to the internment of Japanese Americans during ...

Woodrow Wilson used it against German nationals during World War I, and Franklin D. Roosevelt invoked it during World War II, prior to the forced internment of American citizens, the ...