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On this day October 23, 1903

First deportation under Anarchist Exclusion Act

English anarchist-communist John Turner was arrested after his lecture in NYC. He was the first person deported from the US for violation of the 1903 Anarchist Exclusion Act. After prison, he made bail and was sent home to England.

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