Martin Young

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:New York
Support
Labor Organizing Communism
Martin Young

Biography

Martin Young was a labor organizer (Transport Workers Union and Steelworkers) arrested on October 26, 1951 and held without bail at Ellis Island under the McCarran Act — reportedly the only McCarran detainee so held, and confined among mentally ill inmates — facing deportation for his alleged Communist affiliation.

Case

Charges: Deportation under the McCarran Act.
Incarcerated: May 5, 1919
Sentence: Detention pending deportation. Charges as recorded: Deportation under the McCarran Act for alleged Communist affiliation.
Convicted: Arrested October 1951; held without bail at Ellis Island.

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