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The Alien and Sedition Act were created in an effort to retaliate against new French aggression and to stop the enemy from within. The series of acts greatly impacted immigrants in the United States. The Naturalization Act extended the time to become a citizen from five to fourteen years. The Alien Enemies Act called for all male citizens originally from an enemy nation to be arrested, detained and departed. The Alien Friends Act authorized the president to deport non citizens suspected of plotting against the government at any time. The Sedition Act, the most controversial of the group, made it illegal to criticize the actions of President Adams, thus creating an effective means of attacking rival Republican-Democrats as well as to challenge the Constitution on Free Speech. Though it's unlikely these acts had anything to do with France's willingness to reopen negotiations late in the eighteenth century, Adams took credit for it.

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