Table of Contents
- The Case of Alice Hilda Sparksman
- Sparksman, a legal U.S. immigrant, voluntarily requested to be deported in order to reunite with her husband, an illegal U.S. immigrant, for the financial security of their future child.
- An Irish Woman’s Secret: The Case of a Vulnerable, Young Irish Woman
- A single and pregnant Irish immigrant arrived in the U.S. and was granted entry, despite suspicions surrounding her morality.
- The Alleged Radical
- A Finnish sailor who expected an easy entry was debarred due to potential connections with radicalism.
- The Burden of Proving a Marriage
- An Italian woman struggled to prove the legitimacy of her marriage to a U.S. citizen in order to gain entry.
- Undesirables: An Italian Immigration Story
- An Italian family’s hopes to settle in the United States were threatened by literacy tests and stereotypes.
- The Widowed Grandmother
- An English woman attempted to reunite with her family in the U.S., but faced difficulty due to her old age.
- Marcella Lisowski: Public Charge for Life
- A mentally ill Russian woman received a warrant for her deportation that lasted for the rest of her life, despite her husband’s efforts to appeal.