List of People Deported From The United States - E

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• Hanns Eisler – German composer and his wife, Lou, were deported during the Second Red Scare on 26 March 1948 for alleged communist ties and activity. They departed from LaGuardia Airport flying to Prague. They were forced to sign a declaration promising never to return to the U.S., Cuba or Mexico. Before Eisler left he read a statement: "I leave this country not without bitterness and infuriation. I could well understand it when in 1933 the Hitler bandits put a price on my head and drove me out. They were the evil of the period; I was proud at being driven out. But I feel heart-broken over being driven out of this beautiful country in this ridiculous way."