Michael O'Rourke

AKA: Michael ORourke; Patrick Mannion
Released
Era:1970s
State:New York
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: Oct 30, 1979
Released: June 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.

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