The Alien Enemies Act is intended for times when the nation is at war or under attack, and applying it to justify the expulsion of individuals based on gang membership is illegitimate.

“The reason that matters is because that law, the Alien Enemies Act, goes into effect when the United States is under attack or is at war, you know, and this was again 1798 and it happened during a time when the United States really was under attack and so on so forth.”

The Alien Enemies Act is intended for wartime use and should not be invoked to summarily deport people with no due process, especially when there is no proof of the claims against them.

“are we at War right now has been invoked three times of 1812 World War I World War II those are the three times that's been invoked all three times especially during World War 2 quite shamefully in the internment of Japanese citizens you think it's okay for our government to round up whoever claim t”

The invocation of the Alien Enemies Act to deport criminal gang members is within the legal purview of the executive branch.

“within the context of clearly the invocation of the alien enemies act from what I've been able to review he seems well within his rights to be able to do this”