Palmer Raids

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The Palmer Raids were a series of controversial mass arrests and deportations of suspected radicals and anarchists in the United States during 1919–1920, carried out amid the First Red Scare.

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Palmer Raids canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political repression campaign ⓘ
series of law enforcement actions ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
characterizedBy civil liberties violations ⓘ
denial of legal counsel ⓘ
mass arrests without warrants ⓘ
summary deportations ⓘ
coordinatedBy A. Mitchell Palmer ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
criticizedBy federal judges ⓘ
members of Congress ⓘ
describedAs controversial ⓘ
unconstitutional by many contemporaries ⓘ
endTime 1920 ⓘ
followedBy decline of the First Red Scare ⓘ
genre anti-radical campaign ⓘ
hasCause 1917 Russian Revolution ⓘ
linked to: Russian Revolution

First Red Scare ⓘ
bombing campaigns by anarchists ⓘ
fear of Bolshevism ⓘ
hasEffect public backlash against political repression ⓘ
rise of J. Edgar Hoover’s career ⓘ
strengthening of civil liberties advocacy ⓘ
historicalPeriod post–World War I era ⓘ
legalBasis immigration laws ⓘ
wartime and postwar sedition laws ⓘ
location Boston ⓘ
Chicago ⓘ
Detroit ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
Patterson, New Jersey ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ
various U.S. cities ⓘ
mainSubject First Red Scare ⓘ
namedAfter A. Mitchell Palmer ⓘ
notableEvent arrest of members of the Union of Russian Workers ⓘ
deportation of radicals on the so-called Soviet Ark ⓘ
numberOfArrestees thousands of people ⓘ
numberOfDeportees hundreds of people ⓘ
operationalLeader J. Edgar Hoover ⓘ
opposedBy American Civil Liberties Union ⓘ
civil libertarians ⓘ
organizer Bureau of Investigation ⓘ
United States Department of Justice ⓘ
partOf First Red Scare in the United States ⓘ
linked to: First Red Scare
startTime 1919 ⓘ
targetedGroup anarchists ⓘ
communists ⓘ
immigrants ⓘ
labor activists ⓘ
suspected radicals ⓘ
transportUsed USAT Buford ⓘ

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A. Mitchell Palmer → knownFor → Palmer Raids ⓘ
First Red Scare → significantEvent → Palmer Raids ⓘ
1919 anarchist bombings → hasEffect → Palmer Raids ⓘ