George Siskind

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

George Siskind, a Polish-born writer and teacher, was among the first people ordered deported under the McCarran Act in December 1950 for alleged Communist Party membership.

Case

Charges: Deportation under the McCarran Act.
Sentence: Deportation order; fought on appeal. Charges as recorded: Deportation under the McCarran Act for alleged Communist Party membership.
Convicted: Among the first McCarran Act deportation orders (Dec. 1950); appealed.

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