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Taras Bojarchuk

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

Taras Bojarchuk was an ex-merchant-marine officer jailed for deportation over alleged Communist Party membership in the 1930s. He was held at Ellis Island and on West Street before being released on bail in December 1954.

Case

Charges: Faced deportation under the Walter-McCarran Act.
Sentence: Deportation proceedings. Verdict as recorded: Faced deportation/citizenship action (no criminal conviction). Charges as recorded: Faced deportation under the Walter-McCarran Act over alleged 1930s Communist Party membership; held at Ellis Island.
Convicted: No