9 Terrifying Laws That Were Passed In The United States (9 pics)
Sometimes the law is actually more dangerous than the people that break it.
Alien and Sedition Acts: Passed by Congress and signed into law by President John Adams in 1798, this Federalist law granted him power to detain and deport any immigrant he deemed harmful to the United States government. Given the number of deportations and restrictions of immigrant rights, it seems like he thought just about every immigrant was a "threat."