In 1919 , the '' New York Times '' reported that in the fiscal year 1918 , two anarchists were denied entry to the U.S. , 37 were deported , and 55 were awaiting deportation . The '' Times '' published an editorial that contrasted those low numbers with the degree of public disturbance across the country by activists : " It appears to be difficult to find alien anarchists . Yet those in the United States seldom practice long either silence or concealment . " Among the more notorious anarchists deported under the Act were Luigi Galleani and several of his adherents . Galleani 's followers , known as '' Galleanists '' , were responsible for a bombing campaign that would last from 1914 until 1932 . It reached its peak in the deadly bombing campaigns of 1919 and Wall Street bombing in 1920 . Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman , both resident aliens , were among 250 aliens deported in 1919 pursuant to the Act . They had been convicted because of their encouragement of men to resist draft registration and conscription
deadly bombing campaigns of 1919
1919 United States anarchist bombings
Immigration Act of 1918