Samuel Morse was knowed by B. Inventing the telegraph
These were called the Palmer raids and were a part of the red scare. He did it because they were accused of being communists and anarchists, or were just too much left and liberal. This was out of fear that they might get enough people and start their own revolution in the country.
It is the process which provides private individuals and opportunity to influence piblic decisions and to be a component of the democraric decision making process
Because they never knew when one of their family members would be sold to a separate place. They had no way to stop things from happening.