Boris Sklar

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

Boris Sklar was the editor of the Russian-language paper Russky Golos, arrested for deportation as an alleged Communist. He was held on Ellis Island without bail under the McCarran-Walter Act.

Case

Charges: Deportation proceedings under the McCarran-Walter Act.
Sentence: Held on Ellis Island without bail; deportation proceedings. Verdict as recorded: Faced deportation (no criminal conviction). Charges as recorded: Deportation proceedings under the McCarran-Walter Act for alleged Communist/radical affiliation.
Convicted: No

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