President Trump is planning to invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.
Trump is reportedly set to invoke the law on Friday, which will authorize the government to “to authorize the summary deportation of some migrants, including to Guantanamo Bay.”
The 227-year-old law gives the president absolute authority to “order the arrest, detention and deportation of noncitizens who are 14 years or older and come from countries staging an “invasion or predatory incursion” of the U.S.”
🚨 #BREAKING: President Trump is expected to invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, which will DRAMATICALLY increase the speed of mass deportations, per CNN
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