In one of his first acts as president, Donald Trump is set to invoke the Alien Enemies Act (AEA) of 1798 as his chief tool to confront the invasion of illegal migrants and the crimes committed by the Mexican drug cartels.
Trump also stated that he will designate the drug cartels as terrorist organizations in conjunction with invoking the AEA.
“Under the orders I sign today, we will also be designating the cartels as foreign terrorist organizations,” Trump said in a statement. “And by invoking the alien enemies act of 1798 I will direct our government to use the full and immense power of federal and state law enforcement to eliminate the presence of all foreign gangs and criminal networks bringing devastating crime
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