Claiming that the Nicolás Maduro regime has launched an invasion of the United States through a dangerous gang, President Donald Trump on Saturday invoked the war powers contemplated in a centuries-old act to assume the authority necessary to expedite mass deportation of Venezuelans citizens.

President Donald Trump on Saturday invoked a little-used wartime law to expedite the deportation of alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, saying the country was facing an "invasion" from a criminal organization that has been linked to kidnapping,