Biography
Christina Froudakis was one of four parents whom the September 1, 1936 Daily Worker individually names as arrested in September 1935 and held for deportation after applying for relief in New York City. The government alleged that they had been likely to become public charges at entry. The American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born defended the two families and obtained a stay of deportation; the Department of Labor reopened their cases to hear their American-born children. The report does not establish the length of physical detention, an actual release or an executed deportation.
Christina Froudakis was one of four parents whom the September 1, 1936 Daily Worker individually names as arrested in September 1935 and held for deportation after applying for relief in New York City. The government alleged that they had been likely to become public charges at entry. The American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born defended the two families and obtained a stay of deportation; the Department of Labor reopened their cases to hear their American-born children. The report does not establish the length of physical detention, an actual release or an executed deportation.
The newspaper identifies George and Vasilios as brothers, with four and six American-born children respectively, and reports their initial United States entries as 1909 and 1912. It says Ohio relief officials induced the families to go to Greece in 1934, after which they returned legally. It does not explicitly pair Kiriaki and Christina with either brother. A thirty-day deportation stay is an administrative measure, not thirty days actually imprisoned or proof of physical release. No continuous year of confinement is claimed.
Daily Worker, September 1, 1936, page 3, To Reopen Froudakis’ Deportation.
