Trump continues pledge to revive centuries-old archaic ‘alien’ law

Trump declares US should revive centuries-old archaic 'alien' lawReuters

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00:00And to expedite removals of the Trinidad, Uruguay and MS-13 gangs from our country and

00:07many others, by the way, I will invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to target and dismantle

00:20every migrant criminal network operating on American soil.

00:26Think of that.

00:33We had to go back to 1798.

00:37That's when we had laws that were effective.

00:411798, we had to go back to.

00:44And if they come back into our country, it's an automatic 10 years in jail with no possibility

00:51of parole, automatic if they come back into our country.

00:57And I'm hereby calling for the death penalty for any migrant that kills an American citizen

01:03or a law enforcement officer.