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Peggy Wellman

Released
Gender:Female
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:Michigan
Support
Civil Liberties
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Biography

Peggy Wellman was the wife of the convicted Michigan Smith Act defendant Saul Wellman, whom the government sought to deport to Canada — where she had been born during her mother's brief visit, though she had lived in the United States all her life. Her case went before the Circuit Court of Appeals in 1957.

Case

Charges: Deportation under the McCarran-Walter Act — to Canada
Sentence: Faced deportation to Canada
Convicted: Deportation proceedings (1957)