Dear MoveOn member,
Donald Trump is expected to invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to
authorize the summary deportation of immigrants.^1
The 227-year-old wartime law gives the president the unchecked power to
arrest and deport immigrants—all without a court hearing or due process.^2
The heinous law has been used only three times in U.S. history: the War of
1812, World War I, and World War II.^3 The law is best known for its role
in Japanese internment—a horrifying time in our nation's history when the
U.S. government forcibly kidnapped and incarcerated 120,000 people of
Japanese descent, including U.S. citizens, in concentration camps.^4
We are barreling toward a dictatorship. But tyranny cannot prevail over
people who refuse to succumb to it.
In these dangerous and precarious times, MoveOn members across the country
are fighting back.
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ratchet up and sustain our work to help bring about the downfall of the
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John, we are already seeing the despicable consequences of
Trump's disgusting and anti-immigrant deportation rampage.
NBC News just broke a story about a 10-year-old girl recovering from brain
cancer who was deported to Mexico with her undocumented parents.^5
The child, who is a U.S. citizen, was detained with her family while they
were on their way to Houston for an emergency medical appointment to see
the girl's specialists.^6
The family had made the trip from their home to Houston at least five
times in the past, passing through an immigration checkpoint every time
without any issues. On previous occasions, the parents showed immigration
officials letters from their doctors and lawyers and were allowed
passage.^7
But when Trump took office, the medical letters were not enough.
Immigration officials arrested the girl's parents and—under Trump's policy
wherein "families can be deported together"—the girl and her parents were
deported to Mexico.^8
According to NBC News, the 10-year-old girl has been unable to receive
adequate health care for her brain cancer treatments in Mexico.
This is just one of the many gut-wrenching stories that will come about
because of Trump's deportation rampage.
And it is only going to get significantly worse if and when Trump expands
his own powers to indiscriminately deport immigrants by invoking the
wartime Alien Enemies Act of 1798.
But do not give in to despair or hopelessness.
What happens to our country will come down to us, to our own courage and
resolve. To our ability to engage in peaceful protest. To organize and
mobilize others. To work against hate and bigotry. To fight for justice
and democracy.
Will you start a $5 monthly donation to support MoveOn's
programs to train, organize, and communicate with millions of us all
across the country to stop Trump's hateful regime and build a burgeoning
America that serves all of us?
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Thanks for all you do.
–Mia, Julia, Bekir, Chris, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. "Trump to invoke wartime Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to carry out
deportations to Guantanamo," CBS News, March 13, 2025
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2. Ibid.
3. "The Alien Enemies Act, Explained," Brennan Center for Justice, October
9, 2024
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4. Ibid.
5. "U.S. citizen child recovering from brain cancer removed to Mexico with
undocumented parents," NBC News, March 13, 2025
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6. Ibid.
7. Ibid.
8. Ibid.
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