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Intermountain Jewish News
Denver, Denver County, Colorado
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Esther Kaplan's 15-year fight against deportation to Ukraine ends with a Washington order confirming she is not mentally deficient, attributing her condition to childhood pogrom trauma; father posts $3,000 bond to prevent her becoming a public charge.
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New York--(J. T. A.)--An order issued from Washington has brought to a successful close the fight of fifteen years on the part of Esther Kaplan against deportation to the Ukraine.
When Esther Kaplan arrived in the United States in 1911 she was allowed to land with her parents, but she was detained at Ellis Island on the charge of mental deficiency. She remained at Ellis Island over a year, during which time she was placed on steamers twice to be deported, but each time she was taken off the steamer through a habeas corpus. Her case was taken through various courts and she continued to remain in the United States on furnishing bonds.
It has now finally been established that Esther Kaplan is not mentally deficient, her condition having been due to a fright resulting from a pogrom which she witnessed when she was a child. Her father has furnished bond in the sum of $3,000 as a guarantee that his daughter will not become a public charge.
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fight against deportation ended successfully; not mentally deficient; father furnished $3,000 bond
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Esther Kaplan arrived in US in 1911, detained at Ellis Island for mental deficiency, remained over a year, attempted deportations twice prevented by habeas corpus, case through courts on bonds; condition due to fright from childhood pogrom; order from Washington ends 15-year fight