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"SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembledThat it shall be lawful for the President of the
United States at any time during the continuance of this act, to order all such aliens as he shall judge dangerous to the peace and safety of the United States, or shall have
reasonable grounds to suspect are concerned in any treasonable or secret machinations against the government thereof, to depart out of the territory of the United States,
within such time as shall be expressed in such order,... And in case any allen, so ordered to depart, shall be found at large within the United States after the time limited in such
order for his departure, and not having obtained a license from the President to reside therein, or having obtained such license shall not have conformed thereto, every such
allen shall, on conviction thereof, be imprisoned for a term not exceeding three years, and shall never after be admitted to become a citizen of the United States."
What did President Adams claim his purpose was for signing the Alien and Sedition Act?
It drew greater popular support to the policies of the Federalist party,
It increased immigration and gained the gratitude of foreigners already in the U. S.
It encouraged greater state support for laws made by the federal government
An attempt to protect the nation against foreign threat and to stifle opposition.
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