President Donald Trump called the 1798 alien enemy law against Venezuelan gangster Tren de Aragua (TDA) on Saturday, putting the gang members responsible for arresting and removing them as US “alien enemies”

“[A]Venezuelan citizens who are members of TDA ages 14 and above and within the United States are responsible for being arrested, restrained, protected and removed as alien enemies, not independence or legal permanent residents of the United States.” Trump said. It was declaredcites the powers of the US Constitution and “laws that include alien enemies.”

According to the declaration, alien enemies are “subject to immediate arrest, detention, removal, and even not permitted to reside in the United States.”

Trump added that TDA members were “at war with the United States in “secret or other direction, or in any other direction” of the Maduro administration in Venezuela, a threat to the peace and security of the United States. Presidential Order of January 20, 2025 Classify TDA and other transnational cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. (Related: Here’s how Venezuelan gangs can seep into the US and wreaking havoc in major cities)

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Venezuela became a “hybrid criminal nation” as TDA and other transnational gangs increased control of the country and increased “floods.”[ing]According to Trump’s declaration, the United States is equipped with drugs and illegal immigration.

Trump has also accused Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and former Venezuelan vice president Tarec El Aisami of being sponsored and supported criminal gangs, including the TDA.

“TDA has grown significantly, but Tarek El Aisami served as governor of Aragua between 2012 and 2017,” the declaration states.

El Aisami is a US fugitive; He declared “I wanted it” by the US Department of Homeland Security, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency, and the International Drug and Law Enforcement Agency for International Drug Trading Fee.

Along with several other Venezuelan officials, Maduro, who, according to Trump, “he claims to act as Venezuela’s president.” charging In 2020, they ran a “Narcoterrorist Partnership” with Colombian rebels and weaponized cocaine against American residents.

So does Maduro I wanted it In the case of drug trafficking charges. “The United States has not recognized Maduro as Venezuela’s president since 2019,” the US State Department said.

The alien enemy law is one of four laws passed in 1798 to approach the war with France to raise residence requirements, allow punitive presidential actions against aliens during wartime, and limit speeches critical to the US government. According to Go to the US National Archives.

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The TDA and other Venezuelan gangs are linked to several immigrant crimes across the United States, ranging from various shootings and robberies to sex trafficking, home invasions and murder.

Diego Ibarra, the brother of illegal Venezuelan immigrant Jose Ibarra, is said to have been convicted of the murder of American student Laken Riley.