What changes to US law occurred with the passage of the Patriot Act? Check all that apply.

The Patriot Act expanded government surveillance and information-sharing powers, making it easier to monitor foreign citizens suspected of terrorism. It also strengthened tools for tracking and blocking certain financial transactions and broadened authority to deny entry to some people suspected of terrorist activity. It did not make surveillance of American citizens harder, and it was not a law that made stopping illegal immigration harder.

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