Basil Wahib

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1930s
State:New Jersey
Support
Labor Organizing
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Biography

Basil Wahib was one of thirteen dye-workers arrested in the 1933 Paterson, New Jersey silk-and-dye strike and held at Ellis Island for deportation to the Philippines.

Case

Ellis Island
Charges: No formal criminal charges — held
Arrested: 1933
Sentence: Held at Ellis Island. Verdict as recorded: Held for deportation, 1933 Charges as recorded: No formal criminal charges — held for deportation after arrest in the Paterson dye strike
Convicted: No
Institution State: New York

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