Fyi, John Adams was reluctant to sign because he knew that even though the Senate and the house both passed it, that it violated the constitution  in that limited free speech or criticism of the United States or the government, and that it out balanced the three branches of government if the executive branch had the authority to order a deportation of an individual without courts or lawyers or an appeal ?

 https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/alien-and-sedition-acts