Washington, March 15, 2025 (AFP) - Trump targets Venezuela gang with wartime aliens law

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2025-03-16

US President Donald Trump on Saturday invoked a centuries-old law last used during World War II to intern Japanese residents to target a Venezuelan criminal gang. The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 is a wartime authority that allows a president to detain or deport citizens of an enemy nation, and has been invoked three times. It was used in the War of 1812, World War I and, most famously, in World War II between 1942 and 1946 to round up around 120,00......

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