According to various media in the United States, the US president Donald Trump will invoke an old law of 1798created more than 227 years, since this rule will allow you to stop or deport citizens of a foreign nation to accelerate the Deportations.
The legal norm, known as the Foreign enemies law, will give the New York tycoon the power to deport undocumented immigrants No need for a audience. Therefore, Trump is expected to invoke this decree publicly during the afternoon or night of the Friday, March 14, 2025.
“By invoking the Law of Foreign Enemies of 1798, I will order our Government to use the full and immense power of the application of the federal and state law to eliminate the presence of all the foreign gangs and criminal networks They bring devastating crimes To American soil, ”Trump said in his speech on January 20.
This law has not been invoked from the Second World Warin 1939, when it was used to deport Americans of origin Japanese In one of the darkest episodes of racism contemporary. Now, 86 years later. It is planned to expel those who have arrived from the border with Mexico already Palestinians accused of terrorism.
What is the Law of Foreign Enemies?
According to the American magazine Forbesthe foreign enemies law allows the president to order that all “native, citizens or subjects of a country with which the United States is in war“That they are male and have more than 14 years are arrested, insured and expelled as foreign enemies of the American nation.
On the other hand, as stated by the American television channel CNNDonald Trump’s approach “will probably aim” the Venezuelan criminal group Aragua trainof which the Republican president could argue that he is responsible for a “invasion” either “incursion”, According to this legal norm of 1798.
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In turn, the chain NBC News He said that the resurgence of this law, with more than 220 years of age, is due to the frustration of the White House For the current rate of Deportationstaking into consideration that the rhythm of arrests exceeds the number of expulsions of undocumented migrants.
Based on data from the United States National Security Department, migration officials arrested more people in the first 22 days of February 2025 than in any other month since January 2018. Therefore, the detention centers are in their maximum capacity, with more than 34 thousand migrants.
So far, it is not clear if President Donald Trump may implement the law, because it can only be applied against countries with which the United States has declared at war. However, it can also be used “in the case of any invasion or Predator incursion“That threatens the American nation.
The renowned American lawyer Katherine Ebright suggests that the law could be invoked if the Republican states that a signwhich acts as a de facto foreign government, is carrying out the invasion. However, he warns that “it would be an amazing abuse that would challenge centuries of legislative, presidential and judicial practice.”
📌 President Trump could invoke the law of foreign enemies to expedite mass deportations. @cancino_jorgeMain Immigration editor of Univision News, explains what it consists of. pic.twitter.com/aoqndxqnal
– Univision News (@uninoticias) March 14, 2025