Pelaga Popovska

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

Pelaga Popovska of Detroit was a foreign-born radical arrested for deportation in a November 1953 McCarran-Walter Act roundup. The campaign targeted long-resident immigrants over alleged Communist affiliation.

Case

Charges: Deportation proceedings under the McCarran-Walter Act.
Sentence: Deportation proceedings. Verdict as recorded: Faced deportation (no criminal conviction). Charges as recorded: Deportation proceedings under the McCarran-Walter Act for alleged Communist/radical affiliation.
Convicted: No

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