what laws allowed the president to hold or deport immigrants and impose penalties for defaming the government
a. The alien and sedition acts
b. The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
c. The judiciary acts of 1789 and 1792
d. The 12th and 13th Amendments to the constitution
It was "A) The alien and sedition acts" that allowed the president to hold or deport immigrants and impose penalties for defaming the government, since this was during the "Quasi War" with France as a result of the French Revolution.
