Woman deported to Mexico despite claims of persecution A gay woman who fled to Toronto was deported to Mexico early Monday, despite her claims of persecution there because of her sexual orientation. Brenda Garcia, 30, was deported around 5:30 a.m. and was allowed a brief visit with her brother before Continue Reading

On This Day: Emma Goldman Deported On December 21, 1919, Emma Goldman, along with 248 other radical “aliens,” was deported to the Soviet Union on the S.S. Buford under the 1918 Alien Act, which allowed for the expulsion of any alien found to be an anarchist. Emma Goldman, born in Continue Reading