Government Oversight

Is the Trump Administration’s Use of an 18th-Century Wartime Law a Dangerous Overreach?

By Patriot News Investigative Desk | January 22, 2026

The Trump administration argues that an obscure 1798 wartime law empowers the president to deport Venezuelan gang members, but critics warn this sets a perilous precedent for executive overreach and threatens American legal norms.

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