United States Ex Rel. Medeiros v. Watkins

CLARK, Circuit Judge.

On February 21, 1945, the relator, listed as a repatriate, arrived at New York aboard the S. S. Gripsholm. There was doubt as to his claim of United States citizenship, and accordingly he was detained by the immigration authorities. On June 22, 1945, after several hearings before an Immigration Board of Special Inquiry, he was ordered excluded. This order was affirmed by the Board of Immigration Appeals, July 16, 1945. The exclusion order is based on the Board’s finding that relator is an alien, a native and citizen of Bermuda, and that he is inadmissible upon the follow*898in…