Reds in the Crosshairs: Goldman and Berkman’s Deportation Deadline Looms

December 9, 1919 – Ellis Island became a temporary prison for two notorious American radicals, Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman, as a Federal Court refused to grant them bail pending an appeal to the United States Supreme Court. The anarchist duo, who had called the United States home for three decades, were taken back to the island after Judge Julius M. Mayer ruled in favor of the government. Their lawyer, Harry Weinerberger, now has until Thursday at 4 p.m. to file an appeal, or risk losing the couple to immediate deportation.

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