The statute states that it may be withdrawn in the event of “declared war” or “any invasion or predatory incursion” by a foreign authority against the US government.
The Enemies Act may continue to operate for as long as required until the President ends it.How recently was the act used?
In the United States, the act has been proposed three times. President Franklin D. Roosevelt last used the legislation to support internment camps for people of Japanese,
German, and Italian nationality—the Axis powers at the time—during World War II because he believed they were “alien enemies.” It was used against the British in 1812,
When they had to disclose details including where they lived, how long they had been in the US, and whether they had sought for naturalization, according to NPR. President Woodrow Wilson applied.
