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Boris Sklar

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:New York
Support
Communism
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Biography

Boris Sklar was editor of the Russian-language newspaper Russky Golos. Immigration authorities arrested him for deportation as an alleged Communist and held him without bail on Ellis Island. A January 1954 report confirms that he remained detained, but the reviewed record does not yet establish the dates when the detention began or ended.

Case

Sentence: Held without bail on Ellis Island; exact custody dates and outcome are unresolved.
Judge: Sugarman (November 6, 1953 habeas corpus proceeding concerning detention without bail)