President Trump is expected to invoke an 18th century law giving him wartime powers to deport migrants en masse. He intends to apply the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 as soon as Friday, multiple sources have confirmed to CNN.

The president had campaigned on invoking the centuries-old law to remove illegal migrants from “enemy nations” if they are deemed a threat to the US — a move that would bypass

Media reports indicate the Trump Administration may be about to invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 as a tool to facilitate deportation: The Trump

The Trump administration has undertaken a radical attempt to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a permanent U.S. resident and Palestinian activist. Immigration agents took him into custody on Saturday at Columbia University, where he had helped organize and negotiate on behalf of the group Columbia University Apartheid Divest.

Mahmoud Khalil is a green card holder who played a role in pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University and is now facing deportation by the Trump Administration. NBC News' Tom Llamas spoke to one of his attorneys,