Ivan Yatsyshen

AKA: John Yatzyshen
Released
Date of birth:1898
Era:1920s
Support
Communism Communist Party USA Socialist Party of America
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Biography

Ivan Yatsyshen was born about 1898 in Nastasiv, Austria-Hungary (present-day Ukraine). Immigrated to the United States in 1913.

Born c.1898, Nastasiv, Austria-Hungary (present-day Ukraine). Ukrainian. Migrated to US 1913. Laborer. Employed by Standard Oil in Buffalo, New York. Joined the Socialist Party, then the Communist Party’s East Side Ukrainian Branch, for which he was secretary. Deported to Russia, February 1, 1921.

INS file 54809/566

Adapted from Kenyon Zimmer, Red Scare Deportees (kenyonzimmer.com), compiled from INS deportation case files.

Case

Charges: Administrative deportation under the wartime Immigration Acts — expelled as an alien radical (Communist Party USA member) in the First Red Scare.
In exile since: Feb 1, 1921
Sentence: Deported to Russia on February 1, 1921. No arrest date or detention span is documented, so nothing is added to the imprisonment counter. Charges as recorded: Administrative deportation under the wartime Immigration Acts — expelled as an alien radical (Communist Party USA member) in the First Red Scare. Documented in Kenyon Zimmer’s Red Scare Deportees index, drawn from INS deportation files.

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