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20h 32min, may 1, 1798 y - Alien and Sedition Acts

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John Adams creates laws against immigrants since they were mostly Jeffersonian, his enemy. Law stated that foreigners could be deported or imprisoned in times of hostility because of "dangerous" behaviors. Also said anyone who talked bad about the govenment could be imprisoned or heavly fined.

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20h 32min, may 1, 1798 y
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~ 226 years ago