Ex parte Naoe Minamiji

JAMES, District Judge.

The petitioner is a female person, about 23 years of age, and a native and subject of Japan. She sought to be allowed to enter the United States as the wife of a Japanese alien, who, it is conceded, is entitled to reside in this country. In December, 1928, the husband left the United States on a trip to Japan, and while there married petitioner, and secured for her the visa of the American Consul as a nonimmigrant at the port of Yokohama. The husband was admitted as a returning resident, and his wife was held for deportation. The claim made on behalf of the wife is that…