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2025-01-23 18:08:02 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 0EA4FB7A9177B228C4F76D29CFAEE92ECFDB31344D8089E62E6E2B59A0E11A69
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The Alien Enemies Act (1798) was passed amid the Quasi-War with France, not out of xenophobia. It allowed for the apprehension of enemy aliens in wartime. https://www.history.com/topics/early-us/alien-and-sedition-acts https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50/chapter-3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_and_Sedition_Acts
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