PNN – The US news network CNN reported, citing four informed sources, that the administration of US President Donald Trump is expected to use extensive wartime powers in the coming days to accelerate the promise of mass deportations of illegal immigrants.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network, the American news network CNN added: The little-known 18th-century law known as the Alien Enemies Act, passed in 1798, gives the president extraordinary powers to target and remove illegal immigrants, although legal experts have argued that using that power would face an uphill battle in court.
CNN previously reported that the authority has been widely discussed across multiple agencies and that government officials are preparing to implement it.
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The main target of these actions is the Tran de Aragua (TDA), an organized crime group from Venezuela that, according to US officials, now operates in this country and other countries and was recently designated as a foreign terrorist organization.
At the beginning of his presidency, Trump ordered the US government to designate the Venezuelan group as a foreign terrorist organization and use this action to expel individuals identified as its members.
The use of special wartime powers is likely to be announced on Friday. The move is likely to pave the way for faster deportations of some immigrants.
The law is designed for when the United States is at war with another country, or a foreign country has attacked the United States or threatened to do so. Legal experts say it would be difficult for Trump to use the measure when the United States is not under attack by a foreign government, even if the government cites a threat from gangs or cartels.
According to the Brennan Center, the Alien Enemy Act has been invoked three times in American history — all during wartime. It was used during World Wars I and II to justify the detention and deportation of German, Austro-Hungarian, Italian, and Japanese immigrants. According to the nonpartisan Institute for Law and Policy, the law played a role in the controversial U.S. policy of confronting Japan during World War II.