Biography
John Vilarino was born in La Coruña, Spain, on January 1, 1885, and first came to the United States in 1903. A Los Angeles restaurant worker, he was married with eleven children. Police arrested him at Communist Party headquarters on February 26, 1930 on suspicion of criminal syndicalism. Immigration authorities then sought his deportation because of his Communist affiliation and political literature. He was detained in the Los Angeles County Jail during the immigration proceedings. Vilarino was also arrested during the May Day demonstration that year. Attorney John Beardsley challenged the deportation order, but the Ninth Circuit affirmed it on June 8, 1931. The International Labor Defense subsequently secured a one-year postponement of deportation.
The September 30, 1931 Daily Worker reports Immigration Commissioner Harry E. Hull informing the ILD that Vilarino’s deportation to Spain was deferred for one year, then to be reconsidered. It describes his long U.S. residence, marriage and eleven U.S.-born children. The one-year postponement is a legal stay, without a new year of jail, final cancellation or accomplished removal. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1931/v08-n235-NY-sep-30-1931-DW-LOC.pdf#page=3