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Provided further, That the provision of this section respecting the deportation of aliens convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude shall not apply to one who has been pardoned, nor shall such deportation be made or directed if the court, or judge thereof, sentencing such alien for such crime shall, at the time of imposing judgment or passing sentence or within thirty days thereafter, due notice having first been given to representatives of the State, make a recommendation to the Secretary of Labor that such alien shall not be deported in pursuance of this act; nor shall any alien convicted as aforesaid be deported until after the termination of his imprisonment: Provided further, That the provisions of this section, with the exceptions hereinbefore noted, shall be applicable to the classes of aliens therein mentioned irrespective of the time of their entry into the United States: Provided further, That the provisions of this section shall also apply to the cases of aliens who come to the mainland of the United States from the insular possessions thereof: Provided further, That any person who shall be arrested under the provisions of this section, on the ground that he has entered or been found in the United States in violation of any other law thereof which imposes on such person the burden of proving his right to enter or remain, and who shall fail to establish the existence of the right claimed, shall be deported to the place specified in such other law. In every case where any person is ordered deported from the United States under the provisions of this act, or of any law or treaty, the decision of the Secretary of Labor shall be final.”

This makes the time for deportation unlimited except when particularly specified.20 It has been held to apply to aliens within the United States before its enactment, provided that the offense was subsequently committed.21

By the Act of May 10, 1920: "if the Secretary of Labor, after hearing, finds that such aliens are undesirable residents of the United States, to wit: (1) All aliens who are now interned under section 4067 of the Revised Statutes of the United

20 U. S. v. Weis, 181 Fed. 860; U. S. v. Prentis, 182 Fed. 834; U. S. v. No. G. Lloyd S. S. Co., 185 Fed.

21 U. S. v. Williams, 183 Fed. 904; Sire v. Berkshire, 185 Fed. 967; Ladeux v. Berkshire, 185 Fed. 971.

States and the proclamations issued by the President in pursuance of said section under date of April 6, 1917, November 16, 1917, December 11, 1917, and April 19, 1918, respectively.

"(2) All aliens who since August 1, 1914, have been or may hereafter be convicted of any violation or conspiracy to violate any of the following Acts or parts of Acts, the judgment on such conviction having become final, namely:

"(a) An Act entitled 'An Act to punish acts of interference with the foreign relations, the neutrality, and the foreign commerce of the United States, to punish espionage, and better to enforce the criminal laws of the United States, and for other purposes,' approved June 15, 1917, or the amendment thereof approved May 16, 1918;

"(b) An Act entitled 'An Act to prohibit the manufacture, distribution, storage, use, and possession in time of war of explosives, providing regulations for the safe manufacture, distribution, storage, use, and possession of the same, and for other purposes,' approved October 6, 1917;

"(e) An Act entitled 'An Act to prevent in time of war departure from and entry into the United States contrary to the public safety,' approved May 22, 1918;

"(d) An Act entitled 'An Act to punish the willful injury or destruction of war material or of war premises or utilities used in connection with war material, and for other purposes,' approved April 20, 1918;

"(e) An Act entitled 'An Act to authorize the President to increase temporarily the Military Establishment of the United States,' approved May 18, 1917, or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto;

"(f) An Act entitled 'An Act to punish persons who make threats against the President of the United States,' approved February 14, 1917;

"(g) An Act entitled 'An Act to define, regulate, and punish trading with the enemy, and for other purposes,' approved October 6, 1917, or any amendment thereof;

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(h) Section 6 of the Penal Code of the United States.

(3) All aliens who have been or may hereafter be convicted of any offense against section 13 of the said Penal Code committed during the period of August 1, 1914, to April 6, 1917, or of a conspiracy occurring within said period to commit an offense

under said section 13, or of any offense committed during said period against the Act entitled 'An Act to protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies,' approved July 2, 1890, in aid of a belligerent in the European war.

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'SEC. 2. That in every case in which any such alien is ordered expelled or excluded from the United States under the provisions of this Act the decision of the Secretary of Labor shall be final. "SEC. 3. That in addition to the aliens who are by law now excluded from admission into the United States all persons who shall be expelled under any of the provisions of this Act shall also be excluded from readmission."

By the Act of June 5, 1920, the following aliens shall be excluded from admission into the United States:

"(a) Aliens who are anarchists;

"(b) Aliens who advise, advocate, or teach, or who are members of or affiliated with any organization, association, society, or group, that advises, advocates, or teaches, opposition to all organized government;

"(c) Aliens who believe in, advise, advocate, or teach, or who are members of or affiliated with any organization, association, society, or group, that believes in, advises, advocates, or teaches: (1) the overthrow by force or violence of the Government of the United States or of all forms of law, or (2) the duty, necessity, or propriety of the unlawful assaulting or killing of any officer or officers (either of specific individuals or of officers generally) of the Government of the United States or of any other organized government, because of his or their official character, or (3) the unlawful damage, injury, or destruction of property, or (4) sabotage;

"(d) Aliens who write, publish, or cause to be written or published, or who knowingly circulate, distribute, print, or display, or knowingly cause to be circulated, distributed, printed, published, or displayed, or who knowingly have in their possession for the purpose of circulation, distribution, publication, or display, any written or printed matter, advising, advocating, or teaching opposition to all organized government, or advising advocating, or teaching: (1) the overthrow by force or violence of the Government of the United States or of all forms of law, or (2) the duty, necessity or propriety of the unlawful assaulting or killing of any officer or officers (either of specific individuals

or of officers generally) of the Government of the United States or of any other organized government, or (3) the unlawful damage, injury, or destruction of property, or (4) sabotage;

"(e) Aliens who are members of or affiliated with any organization, association, society, or group, that writes, circulates, distributes, prints, publishes, or displays, or causes to be written, circulated, distributed, printed, published, or displayed, or that has in its possession for the purpose of circulation, distribution, publication, issue, or display, any written or printed matter of the character described in subdivision (d).

"For the purpose of this section: (1) the giving, loaning or promising of money or any thing of value to be used for the advising, advocacy, or teaching of any doctrine above enumerated shall constitute the advising, advocacy, or teaching of such doctrine; and (2) the giving, loaning, or promising of money or any thing of value to any organization, association, society, or group of the character above described shall constitute affiliation therewith; but nothing in this paragraph shall be taken as an exclusive definition of advising, advocacy, teaching, or affiliation."

In deportation cases, the court upon habeas corpus may determine whether the petitioner belongs to one of the classes subject to deportation,22 and it has been said, may inquire into

22 Prentis v. Stathakos, C. C. A., 192 Fed. 469. Except in the cases so specified, a conviction of the of fense or misconduct is not a prerequisite to the deportation. Lewis v. Frick, 233 U. S. 291. An acquittal of a charge of such offense in a criminal court is not res adjudicata nor does it prevent the deportation; Lewis y. Frick, 233 U. S. 291; Ex parte Young, 211 Fed. 370. The warrant of arrest must contain a statement of the facts showing the inadmissibility of the alien and not mere conclusions of law. U. S. v. Sibray, 178 Fed. 144; U. S. ex rel. Huber v. Sibray, 178 Fed. 150. The mere statement that the alien entered

the United States for an immoral purpose is not sufficiently specific. Ibid. The alien cannot be excluded or deported upon ground entirely different from those stated in the warrant. Davies v. Mandolis, C. C. A., 179 Fed. 818. Cf. U. S. ex rel. Huber v. Sibray, 178 Fed. 150. The warrant of arrest for such a deportation must give the alien sufficient information of the acts charged to bring him within the class subject thereto to enable him to offer testimony in refutation, U. S. ex rel. Bauder v. Uhl, C. C. A., 211 Fed. 628. But it need not have the formality or particularity of an indictment, U. S. ex rel. Bauder v.

Uhl., C. C. A., 211 Fed. 628, 633. An irregularity therein, does not justify the discharge of the alien when a warrant for his deportation has been issued after a fair hearing. Ibid. Provided it clearly appeared that he understood the nature of the charge. Ex parte Young, 211 Fed. 370. Nor because the deportation is based in part upon a charge not stated in the warrant of arrest. Ibid. Siniscalchi v. Thomas, C. C. A., 195 Fed. 701. Nor because a criminal charge is pending against him in the country to which he is deported. Siniscalchi v. Thomas, C. C. A., 195 Fed. 701, Ex parte Lew Lin Shew, 217 Fed. 317.

By Immigration Rule 22.

"SUBD. 2. Investigation and report of cases.-Officers shall make thorough investigation of all cases when they are credibly informed or have reason to believe that a specified alien in the United States is subject to arrest and deportation on warrant. All such cases, by whomsoever discovered, shall be reported to the immigration officer stationed nearest the place where the alien is found to be.

"Subd. 3. Application for warrant of arrest.-The application must state facts showing prima facie that the alien comes within one or more of the classes subject to deportation after entry, and, except in cases in which the burden of proof is upon the alien (Chinese) involved, should be accompanied by some substantial supporting evidence. If the facts stated are within the personal knowledge of the inspector reporting the case, they need not be in affidavit form. But if based upon statements of persons not sworn officers of the Government (except in Fed. Prac. Vol. III-9

cases of public charges covered by subdivision 4 hereof), the application should be accompanied by the affidavit of the person giving the information or by a transcript of a sworn statement taken from that person by an inspector. In all cases

shown in subdivision 1 to be subject to a time limitation the application must be accompanied by a certificate of landing (to be obtained from the immigration officer in charge at the port where landing occurred, unless entry without inspection within such limitation is confessed, or a reason given for its absence. In the absence of such certificate, effort should be made to supply the principal items of information mentioned in the blank form provided for such certificate. Telegraphic application may be resorted to only in case of necessity, or when some substantial interest of the Government would be subserved thereby, and must state (a) that the usual written application is being forwarded by mail, and (b) the substance of the facts and proof therein contained. The code supplied by the department should be used whenever practicable. See Jouras v. Allen, C. C. A., 222 Fed. 756.

"Subd. 4. Proof in cases of aliens who have become public charges. The application in such cases must be accompanied by a certificate of the official in charge of the institution in which the alien is confined, or other responsible public official if the alien is not confined, showing that the alien is being maintained at public expense. There should be submitted also, whenever readily available, evidence, (such as certificates from attending

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