Washington, D.C. – FWD.us President Todd Schulte released the following statement on the invocation of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798:

"The Alien Enemies Act was last used to incarcerate 120,000 Japanese-Americans and tens of thousands of others during World War II. Its use was a mistake and a tragedy.

"There should be no effort to invoke this law today or in the future — against anyone, no matter their immigration status, be they an adult or child, as is proposed in today’s declaration.

"Actions like this have no place in the immigration system or country we should seek to build."