Trump is expected to invoke the Alien Enemies Act as part of the efforts to carry out mass deportations, according to two U.S. officials familiar with the matter.

The Alien Enemies Act is a wartime law passed in 1798 as part of the Alien and Sedition Acts under President John Adams. It grants the U.S. president the authority to detain, rest

Donald Trump is preparing to invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 in order to speed up the process of mass deportations, four familiar sources have told CNN. The law gives the president enhanced authority to remove undocumented immigrants.