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Michael Daniels

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:California
Support
Communism
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Biography

Michael ('Mike') Daniels was a Greek-born co-editor of the left-wing Greek Tribune. In May 1959, though mentally ill, he was seized from a rest home and flown toward deportation as an alien member of the Communist Party; the removal was challenged.

Case

Charges: Deportation (Walter-McCarran Act) — as an alleged alien Communist Party member
Sentence: Held for deportation; removal fought
Convicted: Seized for deportation May 1959; order challenged