Editing Alien and Sedition Acts (section)

=== World War I ===
{{Main|Internment of German Americans#World_War_I}}
President [[Woodrow Wilson]] invoked the act against nationals of the [[Central Powers]] during [[World War I]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Proclamation 1364—Declaring That a State of War Exists Between the United States and Germany {{!}} The American Presidency Project |url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/proclamation-1364-declaring-that-state-war-exists-between-the-united-states-and-germany |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=www.presidency.ucsb.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Supreme Court of the United States |date=2025-04-07 |title=Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. J.G.G., et al. |url=https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a931_2c83.pdf |website=www.supremecourt.gov}}</ref> In 1918, an amendment to the act struck the provision restricting the law to males.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chapter 3 – Alien Enemies |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2019-title50/html/USCODE-2019-title50-chap3.htm |access-date=2022-07-15 |website=govinfo.gov |archive-date=July 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715075308/https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2019-title50/html/USCODE-2019-title50-chap3.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>