S 193 United States Senate · 119th Congress

Neighbors Not Enemies Act

The Neighbors Not Enemies Act repeals the Alien Enemies Act, a 19th-century law that allowed the president to detain or deport non-citizens during wartime. This removes a historical legal authority that targeted non-citizens based on nationality during declared wars. The repeal affects how the government could act against non-citizens in wartime scenarios but does not change current immigration or detention policies in peacetime. The bill makes no other policy changes beyond this specific repeal.
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Introduced Jan 22, 2025 Last action Jan 22, 2025
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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Jan 22, 2025
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