Manuel Fernandez Rodriguez

Released
Gender:Male
Race:Hispanic
Era:1950s
State:California
Support
Anti-Fascism
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Biography

Manuel Fernandez Rodriguez was one of five Spanish sailors who deserted Franco's navy and sought asylum in the United States in July 1957, then were held by U.S. immigration authorities and ordered returned to Spain. The ACLU's A. L. Wirin charged the men had been 'shanghaied.'

Case

Charges: U.S. immigration detention; ordered returned to Franco Spain
Sentence: Held in immigration detention; deportation fought
Convicted: Detained 1957; return ordered, then stayed pending appeal

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