Yahoo

California’s Alien Land Law denied Japanese immigrants land and fueled racist exclusion

The Alien Land Law was part of a long line of anti-Asian, anti-immigrant measures imposed by American judges and lawmakers since 1790, when Congress decreed that only white people could become ...
CNN

Trump’s new ‘Aliens’ website exploits UFO intrigue to demean immigrants

When the Trump administration registered the domains Aliens.gov and Alien.gov in March, UFO conspiracy theorists wondered whether they might finally get answers they’d long awaited. But coming on ...
Law

Aid Must Be Purposeful for Alien Tort Statute Liability, Circuit Rules

A federal appeals court has set a high bar for foreign plaintiffs attempting to use U.S. courts to hold foreign defendants accountable for human rights violations in foreign lands, ruling that ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

S.C. alien law partially blocked

NEW YORK — Enforcement of South Carolina’s immigration law, scheduled to take effect Jan. 1, was partially blocked by a federal court at the request of the U.S. government. U.S. District Judge ...
NBC Bay Area

The Alien Enemies Act: What to know about a 1798 law that Trump has invoked for deportations

President Donald Trump on Saturday invoked the Alien Enemies Act for the first time since World War II, granting himself sweeping powers under a centuries-old law to deport people associated with ...