During the 1790s, the Naturalization Act changed the process for becoming a US citizen by

The 1798 Naturalization Act lengthened the required residency period for citizenship from 5 years to 14 years. This meant new immigrants had to wait longer before becoming U.S. citizens. The power to deport or imprison immigrants came from other laws passed around the same time, not the Naturalization Act.

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