Ex parte Cardonnel

Citations

• 197 F. 774
• 1912 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1489

Syllabus

<p>1. Aliens (§ 51*) — Deportation—Persons Obnoxious.</p> <p>Where an alien in deportation proceedings, during her examination, admitted that she was an inmate of or connected with a house of prostitution, she thereby confessed that she was an inadmissible alien and subject to deportation under Immigration Law (Act Cong. March 26, 1910, c. 128, § 2, 36 Stat. 264 [U. S. Comp. St. Supp. 1911, p. 502]).</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Aliens, Dec. Dig. § 51.*]</p> <p>2. Aliens (§ 40*) — Constitutional Law (§§ 188, 197*) — Retroactive Statutes — Ex Post Facto Laws — Deportation.</p> <p>Petitioner, an alien, having been found engaged in prostitution after the amendment of Immigration Act Feb. 20, 1907, c. 1134, § 3, 34 Stat. 899,. by Act Cong. March 26,1910, c. 128, § 2, 36 Stat. 264 (U. S. Comp. St. Supp. 1911, p. 502), eliminating the. three-year limitation, it was no defense against an order of deportation that she had been a resident within the country more than three years prior to her arrest; .the amendment applying to her misconduct after its passage not being objectionable as either retroactive or ex post facto.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Aliens, Cent. Dig. § 100; Dec. Dig. § 40;* Constitutional Law, Cent. Dig. §§ 530, 550; Dec. Dig. §§ 188, 197.*]</p>