Biography
Ivan Dubov was born in Fyodorovka, Russia. Immigrated to the United States in 1912.
Active in Union of Russian Worker branches in McKees Rocks (Pennsylvania), New York, and Detroit. Arrested during the first Palmer Raids in November 1919. Declared to authorities: “Of course, I am an anarchist… I do not acknowledge any government.” Deported aboard the Buford on December 21, 1919.
The congressional digest of Buford deportation cases lists John Duboff as arrested in New York on November 5, 1919. This is the digest’s immigration-arrest entry; it does not establish an uninterrupted period of detention.
Congressional hearings, April 21–24, 1920, Appendix B, printed p. 153.
Case
Ellis Island Immigration Station
