Myer Klig

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

Myer Klig was a leader of the International Fur & Leather Workers Union targeted for deportation during the McCarthy-era drive against foreign-born trade unionists. His case was among those featured in the National Guardian's 1952 reporting on the union deportation campaign.

Case

Charges: Deportation proceedings under the McCarran (Internal Security) Act.
Sentence: Deportation proceedings. Verdict as recorded: Faced deportation (no criminal conviction). Charges as recorded: Deportation proceedings under the McCarran (Internal Security) Act for alleged Communist affiliation and radical union activity.
Convicted: No

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