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What laws allowed the president to hold or deport immigrants and impose penalties for defaming the government?

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It was the "Alien and Sedition Acts" that allowed the president to hold or deport immigrants and impose penalties for defaming the government, since these were implemented during a time when the new republic was still "insecure". 
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