In re Petition for Naturalization of Sousounis

KRAFT, District Judge.

Before us is the petition of Antonios Sousounis for naturalization which is opposed by the Immigration and Naturalization Service on the ground that petitioner has failed to establish that he has been -a person of “good moral character” during the three years preceding the filing of his petition, within the meaning of § 316(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, 8 U.S.C. § 1427(a), as modified by § 319(a) of the Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1430(a).

Petitioner, aged 33 years, is a native and national of Greece, and on March 15, 1956, while unlawfully in the United States…