Nakasuji v. Seager

SAWTELLE, Circuit Judge.

Appellant instituted this action to recover from the Collector of Customs, for District No. 27, a $5,000 fine levied against appellant for failure to deport five Japanese alien seamen, as required by an order of the immigration department, dated March 6, 1931. The fine was imposed under section 20 of the Immigration Aet of 1924 (8 USCA § 167), which provides, in part, that:

“The owner * * * or master of any vessel arriving in the United States from any place outside thereof who fails to detain on board any alien seaman employed on such vessel until the immigration…