President Trump’s administration is getting ready to invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 in the coming days, two sources close to the White House told The Post, paving the way for use of a war-time authority to speed up mass deportations of illegal migrants.

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 — without needing the approval of an immigration judge.

It’s expected to officially take place “by the end of this week,” one source relayed, confirming a report first published by CNN, and will target members of the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua whose members are believed to have killed Laken Riley and Jocelyn Nungaray in cold blood.

Former acting ICE director John Sandweg told The Post that the Trump administration “can bypass the immigration courts” to “fast track” deportations amid a more than 3 million-strong case backlog.

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