Carl Skoglund

Released
Date of birth:10. 04. 1884
Date of death:11. 12. 1960
Age:76† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1940s
State:Minnesota
Time Imprisoned:
6 Months + 3 Years 1 Month 9 Days
Support
Communism Communist Party USA
Carl Skoglund

Biography

Carl Skoglund was a Swedish-born Teamster organizer; co-founder of American Trotskyism. Emigrated 1911; joined the IWW; founding CPUSA. Expelled 1928 with Cannon for Trotskyism. President of Teamsters Local 544; central leader of 1934 Minneapolis truckers' strike. After serving 16 months for Smith Act conviction, U.S. government tried to deport him for the rest of his life. Died in 1960 still under deportation order.

The Militant’s March 6, 1981 retrospective reports that the INS confined Carl Skoglund on Ellis Island for six months in 1954 during its deportation campaign. This was separate from his earlier Smith Act imprisonment.

Source report, PDF 1285, pages 14.

Cases

FCI Sandstone
Charges: Smith Act conspiracy (18 U.S.C. § 2385); subsequent McCarran Act deportation proceedings.
Arrested: Jul 14, 1941
Sentenced: Dec 7, 1941
Incarcerated: Dec 7, 1941
Released: Jan 14, 1945
Sentence: 16 months federal prison; subjected to repeated deportation proceedings 1949-1960
Judge: Hon. Matthew M. Joyce
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Minnesota
Charges: Civil immigration detention during deportation proceedings
Sentence: The March 6, 1981 Militant retrospectively reports six actual months of Ellis Island jail confinement in 1954 during the INS deportation campaign. Exact admission and discharge dates are not given.
Convicted: No

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