Legal Opinion
Ex parte Aird
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 15, 1921No. 8626PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Habeas Corpus. On petition of David M. Aird for writ to secure discharge from custody under deportation warrant.
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, District Judge.
The relator was arrested and is being held for deportation under a warrant issued by the Assistant Secretary of Labor upon the ground that, from proofs submitted after due hearing before an immigrant inspector, the Assistant Secretary became satisfied that, having landed in the United States on April 22, 1920, he has been found here in violation of Immigration Act Feb. 5, 1917, § 3 (Comp. St. 1918, Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1919, § 4289tt/4b), to wit:
“That he was a contract laborer at the time of his entry, having been induced, assisted, encouraged, or solicited to migrate…
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