USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Adams signed the second piece of the legislation, the Alien Act, on June 25. This act gave the president the authority to deport aliens during peacetime. The Alien Enemies Act, which Adams signed on July 6, gave him the power to deport any alien living in the U.S. with ties to U.S. wartime enemies.

Detailed explanation-2: -These laws raised the residency requirements for citizenship from 5 to 14 years, authorized the president to deport “aliens, ” and permitted their arrest, imprisonment, and deportation during wartime.

Detailed explanation-3: -A series of laws known collectively as the Alien and Sedition Acts were passed by the Federalist Congress in 1798 and signed into law by President Adams.

Detailed explanation-4: -With the war threat passing and the Republicans winning control of the federal government in 1800, all the Alien and Sedition Acts expired or were repealed during the next two years, except for the Alien Enemies Act, which remained in effect and was amended in 1918 to include women.