The historic Alien Enemies Act, used only three times since its adoption in 1798, during war time, has been resurrected as an excuse for the Trump administration to arrest and deport undocumented immigrants. The present acting direction of ICE, the immigration enforcement agency, Todd Lyons said he would like the agency to implement a system of trucks that rounds up immigrants for deportation in a system “Like [Amazon] Prime, but with human beings”. “We need to get better at treating this like a business.”
The Alien Enemies Act, 6 July 1798, had a hard Sun Saturn in Cancer trine Neptune trine Mars in Pisces with Mars opposition Uranus. Not awash with sympathy or sentiment.
The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a federal law enforcement agency under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security was created on 1 March 2003 by George W. Bush following the September 11 attacks to protect from cross-border crime and illegal immigration that threaten national security and public safety. It has a Pisces Sun with the tough, unfeeling, war-associated Saturn in Gemini opposition Pluto (conjunct Mars).
Tr Saturn is square the ICE Mars earlier this year and on and off till January 2026; with a change-of-direction tr Uranus square Uranus this June into 2026.
Todd Lyons, no birth time, took up his position on March 9 2025 which gives his term a Sun Saturn in Pisces trine Mars in Cancer, sextile Uranus – again unfeeling with a hint of cruelty.
Strange how all of the above are awash with Water planets which are often erroneously deemed to be touchy-feely and soft hearted. The reality can often incline more in the direction of a strong need for self-protection which has the effect of coming across as selfish or cut off from human connection.
The Alien Enemies Act is running into trouble within a year with the Solar Arc Saturn Sun crossing the Pluto in 2026/2027. Todd Lyons term also looks to be running into a wall by 2027.
Two astro thoughts, well three. One: the Alien Enemies Act has its Saturn Sun in Cancer square the USA Saturn in fair-minded Libra so its stony-hearted approach will not sit easily with the USA’s basic ethos. Two: The ICE Saturn is exactly conjunct the USA 9th house Mars and square its Neptune, hinting at the unease its measures bring.
Secondly ICE, set up during the 2003 Saturn opposition Pluto links in closely with Trump’s chart. The ICE Saturn in Gemini being exactly conjunct his Sun with the ICE Pluto in opposition so there is something in his dark soul which embraces the war-time ethos which ICE represents. War time necessitates that certain peace-time legal niceties are dropped.
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