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Andrew Dmytryshyn

AKA: Andrew Dmytryshin
Released
Era:1950s
State:New York
Support
International Workers Order Ukrainian American Fraternal Union
Andrew Dmytryshyn

Biography

Andrew Dmytryshyn was a leader of the Ukrainian American Fraternal Union, a section of the International Workers Order. His political associations became the subject of deportation proceedings, and he was held at Ellis Island after his bail was revoked.

Case

Charges: Civil immigration detention pending political deportation proceedings
Incarcerated: 1952
Released: November 1952
Sentence: Held at Ellis Island in 1952 after bail revocation. Contemporary reports disagree on the recommitment date; only the year is entered. A later report confirms parole in November 1952. No criminal prison sentence or six-month term actually served is asserted.