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Palmer Raids: nationwide mass arrests of suspected radicals

Federal agents and local police conducted coordinated raids against suspected radicals and anarchists in dozens of cities, resulting in thousands of arrests during the height of the First Red Scare.

Palmer Raids: nationwide mass arrests of suspected radicals

The raids, carried out under the Wilson administration's Justice Department, provoked major civil‑liberties controversies, led to deportations, and shaped public attitudes and immigration policy in the postwar period.

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