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The Palmer Raids target anarchists and "left wing radicals."

Date: 1919

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Attorney General Mitchell Palmer inflames fears of Bolsheviks and "dangerous" political unrest coming from new European immigrants. Multiple campaigns against radicals take place over the next two years, resulting in purges from government and the deportation of 250 political leaders, including Emma Goldman.