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Roman Pisito

Released
Gender:Male
Race:Asian
Era:1950s
State:Washington
Support
Labor Organizing Communism
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Biography

Roman Pisito was a Spokane member of ILWU Local 37 whom federal authorities targeted for revocation of citizenship during the McCarthy-era campaign against Filipino cannery workers. A contemporaneous account reported the denaturalization proceeding in December 1952. The reviewed record does not establish that Pisito was arrested or confined.

Case

Charges: Civil denaturalization proceeding arising from the federal campaign against ILWU Local 37
Sentence: No arrest or confinement established.