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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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