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Trump invokes rarely-used Alien Enemies Act to target Venezuelan gang

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President Donald Trump invoked the rarely-used Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to target a Venezuelan gang he accused of "unlawfully infiltrating" the United States .

The law enables the president to quickly detain and deport migrants from a "hostile" nation.

It was last invoked in 1941 by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt , who used the law to target Japanese , German and Italian migrants during World War II .