Linnas Tells Family He’s a ‘Sacrifice’

Karl Linnas portrayed himself in a letter to his children released Monday as “a sacrifice on the altar of tyranny and oppression.”

“Americans will eventually realize that my sacrifice was wrong, for I am innocent,” Linnas said in the letter, which was released by the family.

The letter was written Dec. 1, when the Supreme Court first rejected arguments that deportation would violate Linnas’ rights. He was deported Monday after the high court refused to order a delay.

“I will be with all of the rest of the people that have perished as a result of the communist slaughterings. I will have been made a sacrifice on the altar of tyranny and oppression,” Linnas told his children.

Linnas thanked his children for their campaign to stave off deportation.

“I know dear children that you were doing your very best to prove your father’s innocence,” he wrote. “God bless you all for your effort and perseverance.”