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How did alien act change the criteria for citzenship

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he Naturalization Act increased the residency requirement for American citizenship from five to fourteen years, required aliens to declare their intent to acquire citizenship five years before it could be granted, and rendered people from
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President is allowed to deport Non-U.S. citizens considered dangerous.

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The Alien Act of 1798 authorized the president to arrest and deport the immigrant who criticized the policies of the federal government and regarded as dangerous to the safety and peace of the people within the country, many of the immigrants supported the Democratic republicans because the federalist made it difficult for them to become citizens.

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