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  2. Alien and Sedition Acts - Wikipedia

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    The Alien and Sedition Acts were a set of four laws enacted in 1798 that applied restrictions to immigration and speech in the United States. [a] The Naturalization Act of 1798 increased the requirements to seek citizenship, the Alien Friends Act of 1798 allowed the president to imprison and deport non-citizens, the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 gave the president additional powers to detain non ...

  3. File:The Aliens Act 1870.pdf - Wikipedia

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  4. Alien and Sedition Acts - en.wikipedia.org

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    The Alien and Sedition Acts were a set of four laws enacted in 1798 that applied restrictions to immigration and speech in the United States. [lower-alpha 1] The Naturalization Act increased the requirements to seek citizenship, the Alien Friends Act allowed the president to imprison and deport non-citizens, the Alien Enemies Act gave the president additional powers to detain non-citizens ...

  5. Report of 1800 - Wikipedia

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    The Report of 1800 was a resolution drafted by James Madison arguing for the sovereignty of the individual states under the United States Constitution and against the Alien and Sedition Acts. [1] Adopted by the Virginia General Assembly in January 1800, the Report amends arguments from the 1798 Virginia Resolutions and attempts to resolve ...

  6. The act was passed in order to supplement the Alien Friends Act which allowed the president to deport and non-citizen who was determined to be “dangerous to the peace and safety of the United ...

  7. Opinion - Will the Alien Enemies Act make a comeback in a ...

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    Donald Trump has threatened to invoke the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to deport immigrants if elected, a move that has only been invoked three times in the past 225 years.

  8. List of United States immigration laws - Wikipedia

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    This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. Many acts of Congress and executive actions relating to immigration to the United States and citizenship of the United States have been enacted in the United States. Most immigration and nationality laws are codified in Title 8 of the United ...

  9. History of laws concerning immigration and naturalization in ...

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    In 2021, the U.S. Citizenship Act [38] was introduced to the house by the Biden administration. This act was set in place to create a path for citizenship for certain undocumented individuals. The bill also replaces the term alien with noncitizen in the immigration statutes and addresses other related issues. This Act ultimately did not make it ...