Michael O'Rourke

AKA: Patrick Mannion
Released
Gender:Male
Era:1970s
State:New York
Time Imprisoned:
4 Years 7 Months 20 Days
Support
Irish Republican Army
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Biography

Michael O'Rourke was an Irish republican who sought to remain in the United States after escaping from imprisonment in Ireland. US authorities held him for years in civil immigration detention while he contested deportation. In June 1984 he was returned to Ireland and taken into Irish custody.

Case

Charges: Civil immigration detention pending deportation for overstaying a visa; no US criminal conviction in this proceeding
Arrested: Oct 30, 1979
Incarcerated: October 30, 1979
Released: June 19, 1984
Sentence: Held without bail from 1979 until deportation in June 1984. His IRA history and escape from Irish prison figured in the bail litigation. The endpoint records departure from US detention into Irish custody, not release to freedom. The Irish criminal sentence is not a US sentence. The Militant dates the deportation to June19,1984 and says he was immediately arrested on landing in Ireland and taken to Portlaoise prison. The reported fouryears eightmonths is a contemporary rounded duration, not converted into an exact numeric total here. Source: https://www.themilitant.com/1984/4824/MIL4824.pdf#page=18 Documented custody period: 1979-10-30 to 1984-06-19. This counter covers the documented physical-custody phase only; undated earlier or later detention and restrictions after release are excluded. The end is transfer out of US detention to Irish imprisonment, not release to freedom; subsequent Irish custody is excluded.
Judge: Ernest Hupp — asylum proceeding until June1981recusal, as reported in The Militant, June29,1984, p.18.

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