The law lets the president skip the usual immigration court process to detain and deport anyone age 14 or older who is from or the citizen of a “hostile nation or government.”

President Trump has invoked the 18th-century Alien Enemies Act to allow the federal government to detain or deport people from countries deemed foreign adversaries, including targeting cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.

President Trump is considering invoking the Alien Enemies Act, a law that is 200+ years old, to further his mass deportation agenda.