Mrs. Browder entered the United States by crossing the Canadian border. She was without the proper visa and therefore her entry was illegal. On October 31. 1939. 6 years after the illegal entry of Mrs. Browder. the Immigration and Naturalization Service issued a warrant for her arrest. In an attempt to forestall the arrest of his wife. Earl Browder. on November 15. 1939. filed a petition with the Immigration and Naturalization Service. stating that he was married to Raissa Berkmen Browder in Russia on September 15. 1926. that he was an American citizen by birth. that he was employed by the Communist Party of the United States of America. and was able to support his wife. and that his wife was entitled to a nonquota visa exempt from the limitation of the Russian quota. Mr. Browder was advised that the records of the State Department failed to show he had been issued a passport for travel to Russia in 1926.
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