In re Hersvik

JAMES, District Judge.

Gn June 4, 1924, petitioners were alien residents of the United States, and had been such residents for a period of more than three years immediately prior to said date. They were seamen by occupation. On June 4, 1924, they shipped' on an American vessel as a p'art of the crew, engaging for a voyage to the port of Antofagasta, in the republic of Chile, and return. Upon the arrival of the ship on its return voyage, on the 11th day of July, 1924, at the port of San Pedro, Cal., petitioners were detained by the immigration officers as being aliens not entitled to be…