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Just to clear all this up, it takes a small tweak of a search on freespoke.com.
From Wikipedia (not my usual goto but it is occasionally useful):
"The Alien and Sedition Acts were a set of four laws enacted in 1798 that applied restrictions to immigration and speech in the United States.[a] The Naturalization Act of 1798 increased the requ…
Just to clear all this up, it takes a small tweak of a search on freespoke.com.
From Wikipedia (not my usual goto but it is occasionally useful):
"The Alien and Sedition Acts were a set of four laws enacted in 1798 that applied restrictions to immigration and speech in the United States.[a] The Naturalization Act of 1798 increased the requirements to seek citizenship, the Alien Friends Act of 1798 allowed the president to imprison and deport non-citizens, the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 gave the president additional powers to detain non-citizens during times of war, invasion, or predatory incursion, and the Sedition Act of 1798 criminalized false and malicious statements about the federal government. The Alien Friends Act and the Sedition Act expired in 1800, and the Naturalization Act was repealed in 1802. The Alien Enemies Act, as amended, is still in effect as 50 U.S.C. ch. 3"
Therefore Congress is not involved since Alien Enemies Act is in force anyways. This was probably sussed out by the administration's army of lawyers beforehand.