Knut Heikkinen

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:Minnesota
Support
Communism Labor Organizing
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Biography

Knut Heikkinen was a Finnish-American radical held in the St. Louis County jail in Duluth under the McCarran Act, facing deportation for his Communist and labor associations.

Case

Charges: Deportation under the McCarran Act.
Sentence: Detention pending deportation. Charges as recorded: Deportation under the McCarran Act for alleged Communist affiliation.
Convicted: Held without bail; long deportation fight.

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