Denied Detained Deported

The book Denied Detained Deported by Ann Bausum tells the stories of three different immigrants. Emma Goldman is one of these three. After 30 years on American soil she was sent back to her homeland. She was deemed dangerous due to her Russian background.  The cause behind her deportation was small but not completely unjust. When World War 1 started she began encouraging young men and women to oppose the draft. For this she was arrested at a young age but was allowed the ability to continue her life until she was deported along with many others for being a force against what the government wanted. Herb Karliner was another of the three. He took the trip over on the St. Louis and was then denied entrance to the United States. He boarded the ship that was bound for Cuba in hopes of being able to reach the United States. Days before the St. Louis set sail Cuba denied the landing passes invalid. The ship reached Havanna and all but the Cubans, four Spainards and 22 visa holding Jews were sent back to Germany. On the way home word came that other European countries would take them in as refugees. Herb and his family did not have to return to Germany. The only problem still left standing was that while all of this continued to happen the U.S President did absolutely nothing to help. From these two stories her book shows that the discrimination against immigrants repeats in cycles.

This book helps to create a bridge from past experiences to present times. It gives the hardcore research to not make the same mistakes as we did. The author Ann Bausumn analyzes the lessons learned by the immigrants to better help explain modern events that are similar yo experiences held by other immigrants.

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