Venezuela's government has agreed to resume flights of deported migrants who unlawfully entered the United States, senior U.S. diplomat Richard Grenell announced in a post on X on Thursday. Grenell added that the flights will start on Friday.

Venezuela has agreed to resume accepting deportation flights from the U.S., according to Richard Grenell, a special envoy to the president.

WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is planning to invoke a sweeping wartime authority known as the Alien Enemies Act in an effort to speed up deportations, according to an official familiar with the discussions.

The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 gives the president wartime powers to deport undocumented immigrants with little to no due process.

The Trump administration is expected to invoke a sweeping wartime authority to speed up the president’s mass deportation pledge in the coming days, according to four sources familiar with the discussions.