Ex parte Jung Sew

Citations

• 221 F. 500
• 1914 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1301

Syllabus

<p>1. Aliens @=32—Deportation—Statute.</p> <p>Petitioners, wbo were admittedly Chinese aliens, disembarked in Canadian ports, paying the required head tax. Alter living about a year and a halt in Canada, they clandestinely crossed the boundary line and entered the United States. Their deportation to Canada was prevented by the requirement of the Canadian authorities of the payment of an additional head tax by an alien re-entering that country. The Immigration Act (Act Feb. 20, 1907, c. 1134, 34 Stat. 898) provides for the return of' aliens unlawfully entering the United States, and unlawfully found therein, to the trans-Atlantic or trans-Pacific ports from which the aliens embarked to the United States, and, if such embarkation was for a foreign contiguous territory, to the foreign port from which such aliens embarked for such territory. Held, that under the statute petitioners might be returned to China; it appearing that they embarked for Canada with the intent of entering the United States.</p> <p>[Ed. Note.—For other cases, see Aliens, Cent. Dig. §§ 84, 92, 93-95; Dec. Dig. @=32.]</p> <p>2. Aliens @=32—Deportation—Defenses.</p> <p>That petitioners were prevented by government officials from returning to Canada, after crossing the boundary line in the Niagara river in a rowboat, is no ground for defense against deportation to China.</p> <p>[Ed. Note.—For other eases, see Aliens, Cent. Dig. §§ 84, 92, 93-95; Dec. Dig. @=32.]</p> <p><§n»ITor other cases see same topic & KEY-NUMBER in all Key-Numbered Digests & Indexes</p>