Trump declares the US is 'at war' in terrifying seven-word statement about alien enemies
President Donald Trump has declared that the US is "at war" with certain immigrants in the US.
While aboard Air Force One, a reporter asked him about the criticism to his invoking of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.
- The reporter said it "has only been invoked 3 other times" and "they were all during times or war."
The rarely-used act allows the president to order the detention and deportation of natives or citizens of an "enemy" nation without following the usual processes. This is the first time the Alien Enemies Act has been invoked since World War II.
He continued aboard Air Force One: "Biden allowed millions of people, many of them criminals, many of them at the highest level... Other nations emptied their jails out into the United States. That's an invasion, and these are criminals, many, many criminals, murderers, drug dealers at the highest level, drug lords, people from mental institutions."
- "In that sense, this is war," he said.
- Trump added that this scenario is "more dangerous than war," saying soldiers wear uniforms so they know who they're fighting.
Upon making his proclamation Saturday, he stated: "To expedite removals of trendy Paraguay and other savage gangs like MS-13, which is equally vicious, I will invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798."
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